بَعْد after in Arabic
بَعْد is how you say “after” in Arabic.
Root ب ع د b-ʿ-d. particle (ẓarf) — adverb/preposition of time or place. baʿd.
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Meaning of after in Arabic
- after (in time) marks one event, state, or period as following another
- after, behind (in place or sequence) denotes what comes subsequent to something in position or order
Example sentence
فَمن ثَوَاب الْحَسَنَة الْحَسَنَة بعْدَهَا،
For among the rewards of a good deed is a good deed after it,
بَعْدَهَا after it
bad means 'after'; the ending '-ha' adds 'it' — together 'after it'.
The English is machine-translated.

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How it is used
بَعْد is a core temporal/spatial particle, typically followed by a noun in the genitive (as in بَعْدَ اليوم, 'after the day') or a pronoun suffix (بَعْدِى, 'after me'). Used alone, with damma as بَعْدُ, it stands for 'afterward, thereafter' when the thing referred to is understood rather than stated. It belongs to the same root family as بَعُدَ, whose core sense of physical distance extends here to distance in time or sequence.
Words from the same root
- بَعُدَ to be, or become, distant, far off; to withdraw to a distance
- بُعْدٌ distance, remoteness (verbal noun of baʿuda)
- بَعِيدٌ far, distant; also said of a saying that is improbable or strange
- أَبْعَدَ to remove far away, banish, alienate
- تَبَاعَدَ to grow apart, become mutually distant
- اِسْتَبْعَدَ to deem far-fetched, consider improbable
More example sentences
وَمن عُقُوبَة السَّيئَة السَّيئَة بعْدَهَا
And among the penalties for a bad deed is a bad deed after it.
بَعْدَهَا after it
bad means 'after'; the ending '-ha' adds 'it' — together 'after it'.
وكان أحياناً يدعو بعد التحميد بقوله اللهم باعد بيني وبين خطاياي
And sometimes he would supplicate after the praise by saying: 'O Allah, distance me from my sins.'
بَعْدَ after
'after' — accusative time-adverb, head of an 'of' pairing with 'the praising'.
من الَّذِي ضاجعه بعد الْمَوْت فِي ترابه
Who was the one who lay beside him after death in his grave?
بَعْدَ after
A time-word 'after', frozen in the accusative and governing the genitive — 'after death'. It places the lying-beside in time.
وَإِن حفظته مَعَ إصْلَاح الْوَقْتَيْنِ اللَّذين قبله وَبعده بِمَا ذكرت نجوت وفزت بالراحة واللذة وَالنَّعِيم
And if you preserve it, along with correcting the periods before and after as I mentioned, you succeed and attain comfort, pleasure, and bliss.
وَبَعْدَهُ and after it
The matching 'after it', pairing with 'before it' to fix the two flanking spans. Together they spell out which two periods the dual relative pointed to: the one before and the one after the present.
أمّا إذا أتمَّ فريضةً بالتيمم ثم استمر وجودُ الماء بعد السلام، بَطَلَ تيممُه فلا يستبيح به نافلةً
If one completed an obligatory prayer with Tayammum and then water became available after the Salam, their Tayammum is void, and they cannot perform a voluntary prayer with it.
بَعْدَ after
'after' — a time-word in the -a form that puts the following noun in the -i form. It heads 'after the salam,' fixing when the water appeared: once the prayer was already sealed.
ورجع السماء هو إعطاء الخير الذي يكون من جهتها حالًا بعد حال على مرور الأزمان
The returning of the sky is the provision of good that comes from it from time to time over the ages.
بَعْدَ to time
A time word 'after' that governs the following noun into the genitive, completing 'state after state'. It sets up succession from one phase to the next.
ترجعه رجعًا أي تعطيه مرة بعد مرة
It returns repeatedly, meaning it grants it time after time.
بَعْدَ after
A time word 'after' governing the following noun into the genitive, completing 'time after time'. It sets up the repeated succession of occasions.
ورجع السماء هو إعطاء الخير الذي يكون من جهتها حالًا بعد حال على مرور الأزمان ترجعه رجعًا أي تعطيه مرة بعد مرة
The return of the sky is the giving of good that comes from it, time after time, as it keeps returning — meaning it gives again and again.
بَعْدَ after
This preposition 'after' governs the noun following it in the genitive and sets up the 'state after state' rhythm. It marks succession in time, building the sense of one condition following another.
ورجع السماء هو إعطاء الخير الذي يكون من جهتها حالًا بعد حال على مرور الأزمان ترجعه رجعًا أي تعطيه مرة بعد مرة
The return of the sky is the giving of good that comes from it, time after time, as it keeps returning — meaning it gives again and again.
بَعْدَ after
This preposition 'after' governs the noun following it in the genitive and sets up 'time after time'. It marks succession, building the repeated-occurrence sense alongside the matching count word.
السابع أن رد الماء إلى الاحليل أو الصلب بعد خروجه منه غير معروف ولا هو أمر معتاد جرت به القدرة وإن كان مقدورًا للرب تعالى
The seventh is that returning water to the urethra or backbone after it has departed is neither known nor a usual occurrence allowed by power, even if it is something the Lord Almighty can do.
بَعْدَ after
This preposition 'after' governs the noun-phrase after it in the genitive and marks the timing, 'after its departure'. It sets the returning as happening once the water has already left.
والثاني وهو الأرجح أن تسوية بنانه إعادتها كما كانت بعد ما فرقها البلى في التراب
And the second, which is more likely, is that restoring his fingertips refers to making them as they were after decay had dispersed them in the dust.
بَعْدَ after
This is a time preposition meaning 'after', governing the noun-clause that follows into the form it requires. It sets up a sequence in time, marking that the restoring comes once the next-described event has already happened.
وهو لم يخبره بقدرة خالقه على رد الماء في إحليله بعد مفارقته له
And He did not inform him of his Creator's ability to return the water to his urethra after it has departed from it.
بَعْدَ after
This time preposition means 'after' and governs the following verbal noun, setting a sequence in time. It marks that the returning is imagined as happening once the next event has already occurred.
التاسع أنه لا ارتباط بين النظر في مبدأ خلقه ورد الماء في الاحليل بعد خروجه
The ninth point is that there is no connection between reflecting on the origin of his creation and the return of the water to the urethra after it has exited.
بَعْدَ after
This time preposition means 'after' and governs the following verbal noun, setting a sequence in time. It marks that the supposed return would come once the next event has already happened.
فجاءنى بعد حين فقال يا عبد الله أدّ إلى أجرى، فقلت كل ما ترى من أجرك من الإبل والبقر والغنم والرقيق
After some time, he returned to me and said: 'O Servant of Allah, return my wages to me.' I said: 'Look at everything you see; it is all from your wages: camels, cows, sheep, and servants.'
بَعْدَ after
This is the time-adverb 'after', which forces the following noun into the 'of' (genitive) ending. It heads a pairing with 'a while', 'after a while', placing the return some time later in the sequence.
Common questions
- How do you say "after" in Arabic?
- بَعْد (baʿd).
- What root does بَعْد come from, and how is it related to بَعِيد and بُعْد؟
- All three come from the root ب ع د (b-ʿ-d), whose core sense is 'to be distant, far off.' بَعِيد means 'far, distant' and بُعْد means 'distance'; بَعْد applies that same idea of separation to time or sequence, giving 'after.'
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).