This document discusses the meaning of various Arabic words related to blessings, including "barakah", "mubaarak", and "tabaarak". It explains that "tabaarak" means "to be blessed" or "to be exalted" and is only used in reference to Allah. It provides examples of how "tabaarak" appears in the Quran and encourages attributing blessings only to Allah as the sole provider. The document aims to help Muslims properly understand terms related to divine blessings.

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Barakah, Mubaarak, T a b a a r a k
By MuQeet
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu.
Barakah. Mubaarak, Mabrook. Baarakallah. We use these
words and also hear some Muslims using them.
What do they mean? And what is meaning of the lesson-
rich word “Tabaarak“?
Let us try to understand and refresh ourselves,
Inshaa’Allah.
Tabaarak comes from the root Baraka (ba-ra-kaaf) which
means ‘a blessing’, ‘a bounty’.
Some of the words coming from the same root
as Tabaarak are:
1. Baaraka meaning ‘to bless’. So when you
say Baarakallah, it would mean ‘May Allah Bless You’.
2. Barakah means Blessing. The plural form
of Barakah is Barakaat, blessings.
3. Mubaarak means Blessed. So when you say Eid
Mubaarak, it would mean Blessed Eid or May Your Eid Be
Blessed.
So what is the meaning of the key word Tabaarak?
Tabaarak means ‘to be hallowed’, ‘to be exalted’, and ‘to
be blessed’. (Intransitive verb).
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This word, Tabaarak, is used only for and of Allah, and
none else!
The other word which is also exclusively used for Allah
is Subhaanaka: Glory be to You, O Allah!
Let me highlight some connotations and manifestations of Tabaarak:
* Blessings are nurtured and generated.
* All blessings, all goodness comes from Allah and Allah only. Allah is the
Source of all blessings.
* All benefits come from Allah and Allah only. Allah is the Source of all
benefits.
* Blessings are consistently and continuously made available by Allah
alone.
* Blessings are for all. Even to those who are ungrateful and rebellious
towards Allah!
* Blessings keep on increasing.
* Blessings are infinite, and cannot be enumerated or counted.
Tabaarak signifies the presence of divine blessings in some object, and an
increase of those blessings.
So now we know: only Allah has the right to blessings.
Some fickle minded people ascribe blessings (for example)
to monkeys, to cows, to statues, to black thread, to
humans, to graves, to stones, to flags, to scholars, to
shuyook, and even to the dead! This, at best, can be
described as the height of stupidity!
Allah is our Rabb, our Lord, our Creator, our Sustainer, our
Nourisher, our Cherisher.
To ascribe barakah to anyone other than Allah is to create
a false Rabb, a false Lord…!
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So TabaarakAllah means BLESSED IS ALLAH,
BLESSED BE ALLAH!
The word “Tabaarak” appears nine times in the glorious
Qur’an. Four are mentioned here:
‫ﺗَﺒَﺎرك اﻟﻠﱠﻪ ربﱡ اﻟﻌﺎﻟَﻤﯿﻦ‬
َ ِ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ
Blessed is Allah Lord of the worlds, Surah al Aaraaf: 5: 5
‫ﻓﺘﺒَﺎرك اﻟﻠﱠﻪ أَﺣﺴﻦ اﻟﺨﺎﻟِﻘﯿﻦ‬
َ ِ َ ْ ُ َ ْ ُ َ َ ََ
So Blessed is Allah, the Best of creators, Surah al
Mu’minoon: 23: 14
ِ َ ْ ِْ َ ِ َ َ ْ
‫ﺗَﺒَﺎرك اﺳﻢ رﺑِّﻚ ذي اﻟﺠﻼل واﻹﻛﺮام‬
ِ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and
Honor, Surah ar Rahmaan: 55: 78
‫ﺗَﺒَﺎرك اﻟﱠﺬي ﺑِﯿَﺪه اﻟﻤﻠﻚ وھﻮ ﻋﻠَﻰ ﻛُﻞ ﺷﻲء ﻗﺪﻳﺮ‬
ٌ ِ َ ٍ ْ َ ِّ ٰ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ ْ ِ ِ ِ َ َ
Blessed is He in Whose Hand is dominion, and He is over
all things competent, Surah al Mulk: 67: 1
Here is one du’aa which we can say on a daily basis:
We can say this while in Sajdah:
‫اﻟﻠﱠﮫﻢ ﻟَﻚ ﺳﺠﺪت وﺑِﻚ آﻣﻨﺖ وﻟَﻚ أَﺳﻠَﻤﺖ وأَﻧﺖ‬
َ ْ َ ُ ْ ْ َ َ ُ َْ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ ‫ُ ﱠ‬
‫رﺑِّﻲ ﺳﺠﺪ وﺟﮫﻲ ﻟِﻠﱠﺬي ﺧﻠَﻘﻪ وﺻﻮره وﺷﻖ ﺳﻤﻌﻪ‬
ُ َ ْ َ ‫َ َ ُ َ َ ﱠَُ َ َ ﱠ‬ ِ ِ ْ َ َ َ َ َ
‫وﺑَﺼﺮه ﺗَﺒَﺎرك اﻟﻠﱠﻪ أَﺣﺴﻦ اﻟﺨﺎﻟِﻘﯿﻦ‬
َ ِ َ ْ ُ َ ْ ُ َ َ ََُ َ
“O Allah! I prostrate to You, I believe in You, I submit to
You, You are my Lord. My face has prostrated to the One
Who created it and shaped it, and brought forth its hearing
and sight. Blessed be Allah, the best of Creators!”
Baarakallahu Lakum for reading this post
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