وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٨
And We will ease you toward ease.
يُسْرَى
Yusra: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Yusrā
In the Quran“Ease”, what is easy; also “the left (hand)”
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-A’la 87:8.
Yusra in Islam
The Quran promises: “We will ease you toward the easiest way (al-yusra)” (87:8), and to the one who gives and fears Allah: “We will ease his way to ease” (92:7). It also says: “With hardship comes ease” (94:5-6).
Meaning of the name Yusra
Yusra is the feminine of aysar, from the root y-s-r of ease and comfort: “the easiest, ease”. The word also means the left hand (al-yusra), which is not the sense of the name. It is given in the Quranic sense of “the way of ease”. Written Yousra or Yosra in the Maghreb.
- In Arabic
- يُسْرَى يسرى
- Transliteration
- Yusrā
- Root
- ي س ر · 44 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Yusra in the Quran?
Yes: the word Yusra appears in the Quran 2 times, in 2 surahs.
فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٧
We will ease him toward ease.
All the words of the root ي س ر in the Quran (44 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Yusra in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Yusra in each language
- French
- Yousra, Yosra, Yusra
- English
- Yusra, Yusrah
- Spanish
- Yusra
- Turkish
- Yüsra
- Arabic
- يُسْرَى