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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

  1. after (in time) marks one event, state, or period as following another
  2. 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'.

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

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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

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'.

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

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'.

From The Opening Chapter

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.

From Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam

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.

From Repentance and Resolve

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.

From When Earth Replaces Water

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.

From Oaths of Provision

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.

From Oaths of Provision

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.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

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.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

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.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

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.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

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.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

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.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

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.

From Three Men Saved by Sincerity

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).