Baraka

Baraka means blessing in Hebrew, Arabic and Arabic-influenced languages. It may refer to:

  • Baraka, also berakhah, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony
  • Baraka, also barakah, in Arabic Islam and Arabic-influenced languages such as Swahili, Urdu, Persian, Turkish, a blessing from God in the form of spiritual wisdom or divine presence. Also a spiritual power believed to be possessed by certain persons, objects, tombs.
    • Baraka, a rarely used French slang term for luck, derived from the Arabic word
    • Baraka, fully ḥabbat al-barakah, aka Nigella sativa, a spice with purported health benefits
  • Baraka Bashad, meaning "may the blessings be" or just "blessings be", originally a Sufi expression and also used in Eckankar

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Famous quotes containing the word baraka:

    Back home the black women are all beautiful
    —Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)

    Love is an evil word.
    Turn it backwards/ see, what I mean?
    —Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)

    his address
    to the grey monsters of the world,
    —Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)