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
Famous quotes containing the word baraka:
“his address
to the grey monsters of the world,”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)
“The further jazz moves away from the stark blue continuum and the collective realities of Afro-American and American life, the more it moves into academic concert-hall lifelessness, which can be replicated by any middle class showing off its music lessons.”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)
“Love is an evil word.
Turn it backwards/ see, what I mean?”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)