Arabic

Verb

بَارَكَ • ‎(bāraka) III, non-past يُبَارِكُ‎ (yubāriku)

1. to bless
   • Koran 21:81, translation by Muhammad Asad

     وَلِسُلَيْمَانَ الرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَالِمِينَ‎

     walisulaymāna r-rīḥa ʿāṣifatan tajrī biʾamrihi ʾilā l-ʾarḍi llatī bāraknā fīhā wakunnā bikulli šayʾin ʿālimīna

     And unto Solomon the stormy wind, so that it sped at his behest towards the land which We had blessed: for it is We who have knowledge of everything.

2. to give one's blessing, to consent, to sanction

Conjugation

Related terms

• مُبَارَك ‎(mubārak, “blessed”)