بارك الله فيك
Bāraka Allāh fīk
Topic
“May Allah bless you,” to one person (fīk) or several (fīkum), said as a compliment on any occasion.
What it means
The phrase means “May Allah bless you”. It is said to one person as fīk or to a group as fīkum, and Faruqi says it is a compliment suited to any occasion. A Muslim uses it to thank someone, to praise good work or to wish another well, and so it often takes the place of a plain “thank you”. The phrase turns thanks into a prayer. Instead of rewarding the other person himself, the speaker asks God, who is the source of all reward, to bless him. It uses the verb bāraka, to fill with God’s grace. A common reply is wa fīka bārak Allāh, “and may Allah bless you”.
Often misunderstood as
That it is only an alternative to “thank you”, when it asks God to bless the person.
Term and Arabic as listed in Ismail al Faruqi, Toward Islamic English (International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1995), p. 60, listed as BĀRAKA ALLAH FĪK (or FĪKUM).. The definition is restated here.