Bushra means good news. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Girl name · Arabic (Quranic word)
بُشْرَىٰ
Bushra
Good news
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Meaning
Bushra (بُشْرَىٰ) is an Arabic name for girls, taken from a word in the Quran. It means good news.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Bushra comes from the root ب ش ر, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
"For them is good tidings (al-bushra) in the worldly life and the Hereafter" (10:64).
لَهُمُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۚ لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِكَلِمَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Lahumul bushraa filha yaatid dunyaa wa fil Aakhirah; laa tabdeela likalimaatil laah; zaalika huwal fawzul 'azeem
For them are good tidings in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. No change is there in the words of Allah. That is what is the great attainment.
Quran 10:64. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it BUSH-raa. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Bushraa. In Arabic it is written with 4 letters, from right to left: ب ba + ش shin + ر ra + ى alif maqsura.
Names taken from words in the Quran are a popular choice. Before choosing one, read the verse it comes from, as above, so you know the context the word is used in. With the father's name it becomes Bushra bint (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Bushra (بُشْرَىٰ) means good news. It is an Arabic name for girls, taken from a word in the Quran.
"For them is good tidings (al-bushra) in the worldly life and the Hereafter" (10:64).
Bushra is used as a girl's name.
Bushra is written بُشْرَىٰ in Arabic, said BUSH-raa.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, بُشْرَىٰ. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.