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Arabic root

ب-ش-ر

2 words from this root family

A2adverb
مُباشَرةً
mubāsharatan

straight ahead / directly

Example
اِمْشِ مُباشَرةً ثُمَّ اِنْعَطِف يَمينًا.
imshi mubāsharatan thumma inʿaṭif yamīnan.
Walk straight ahead then turn right.
B1noun
بَشِيرٌ
bashīr

bearer of good tidings / bringer of good news

Example
وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ
wa-mā nursilu al-mursalīna illā mubashshirīna wa-mundhirīn
And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners (6:48)
Grammar

Active participle (faʿīl) of بَشَّرَ (Form II, to give good news). Noun: بِشَارَةٌ / بُشْرَى (good news/glad tidings). Related: بَشَرٌ (human being).

Culture

The balance of tabshīr (glad tidings) and indhār (warning) reflects the Quranic balance of hope (rajāʾ) and fear (khawf) in faith.