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ب-ر-ك

Ba-Ra-Kaf

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About this root

Ba-Ra-Kaf (ب-ر-ك) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: barakah (blessing / divine grace), mubārak (blessed).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 32 times in 32 verses, across 22 of the 114 suras. The first is in 3:96. The form مُبَارَكٌ (blessed) accounts for 8 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
بَرَكَةٌ
barakah
blessing / divine gracenoun, A23×The Hereafter
مُبَارَكٌ
mubārak
blessedadjective, A28×Reward, Recompense, and Deeds

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind was that at Becca, a blessed place, a guidance to the peoples;

Quran 3:96
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

And if the people of the townships had believed and kept from evil, surely We should have opened for them blessings from the sky and from the earth. But (unto every messenger) they gave the lie, and so We seized them on account of what they used to earn.

Quran 7:96
وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples.

Quran 21:71

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A2noun
بَرَكَةٌ
barakah

blessing / divine grace

Example
كِتَابٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ
kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārak
This is a blessed Book which We have revealed to you (38:29)
Grammar

Feminine noun. Related: مُبَارَكٌ (blessed), بَارَكَ (to bless), تَبَارَكَ (blessed is/exalted is). Plural: بَرَكَاتٌ (barakāt). From the same root as بِرْكَة (pool - where water gathers and stays).

Culture

Barakah is a central concept in Islamic life - the divine blessing that brings increase and goodness. Muslims seek barakah in time, wealth, knowledge, and relationships.

A2adjective
مُبَارَكٌ
mubārak

blessed

Example
كِتَابٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ
kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakun liyadabbarū āyātih
A blessed Book which We have revealed to you, that they might reflect upon its verses (38:29)
Grammar

Passive participle of بَارَكَ (Form III, to bless). Means 'made blessed by God.' Used for the Quran, Makkah, the Night of Qadr, and blessed individuals.

Culture

The Quran itself is described as mubārak - blessed and a source of blessing for those who recite and reflect upon it.

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