Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Bushra Name Meaning in Islam
Good news, glad tidings, directly Quranic.
- Meaning
- Good news, glad tidings, directly Quranic. 'For them is good news (bushra) in the present life and in the Hereafter' (10:64)
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ب-ش-ر
- Urdu
- بشری
- Pronunciation
- BUSH-ra
- Lucky number
- 8
Is Bushra an Islamic name? Yes. Bushra is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Good news, glad tidings, directly Quranic. 'For them is good news (bushra) in the present life and in the Hereafter' (10:64). It was carried by Bushra Ansari. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ب-ش-ر. Arabic root b-sh-r means to bring good news; bushra is the glad tidings themselves, especially of divine mercy.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ba founds the heart that receives, Sheen radiates the news outward, and Ra carries mercy in swift motion. Ya reaches toward the soul that longs for good word.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Bushra's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Batin, the Interior, carried by a person as an interior life that runs deeper than what is shown. A person named Bushra carries a full weather system inside a single quiet chest.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Good news, glad tidings, directly Quranic. 'For them is good news (bushra) in the present life and in the Hereafter' (10:64). 'We gave him good news (bashsharnahu) of a forbearing boy (Ismail)' (37:101). 'And give good news (wabashshir) to the patient' (2:155). Bushra names the girl who is herself good news, whose arrival brings joy, whose presence is a blessing.
Top Pakistani and Arab girls name.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Bushra Ansari . Pakistani actress, comedian, singer and writer; recipient of the Sitara-e-Imtiaz
How to Pronounce Bushra
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Bushra
What does the name Bushra mean?
The letters of Bushra, beginning with Ba, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read here? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Bushra? →
Is Bushra mentioned in the Quran?
Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Bushra included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Bushra mean in Urdu?
Urdu poets and scholars kept the letter qualities readable; that lineage flows under Bushra. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Bushra a good Islamic name?
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Is Bushra a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Bushra in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is the Ibn Arabi tradition of Ilm ul Huroof. Each letter in Bushra, starting from Ba, is a structural principle. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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