THE BASE FORM “BASHARA” AND ITS LINGUISTIC AND QUR’ANIC CONNOTATIONS

Abstract

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and prayers and peace be upon our master Muhammad, his good family and companions, and those who followed them with charity until the Day of Judgment.

The Book of Allah Almighty is the greatest divine book on the face of the universe. Every word and letter itincludes has a precise connotation. A word cannot be put in its place or a letter as well. Therefore, our virtuous scholars believed that every letter adores its place with its great expressive ability in delivering the intended meaning.The base form “bashara” in the Holy Quran and language is the focus of this study. It is found that any form of this base has different linguistic connotations that are explained in detail in this study. Different resources have been adopted like: linguistic books (Alsihah by Aljouhari, Lisan Al-Arab by Ibn Mandhour, Al-Qamus Al-Muheet by Fayrouz Abadi and others), Tafsir books (Tafsir Alzamashkhari, Tafsir Albaghawi, Tafsir Alnasfi and others), Prophetic Hadith books (Alnihaya fi Hadith Alghareeb by Ibn Katheer), and some poetic collections. Finally, I hope that, with the help of Allah Almighty, I have succeeded in writing this research. If I am successful, then this is from the grace of Allah to me, and if it is otherwise, then this is my energy and Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.