آخِرَة hereafter in Arabic
آخِرَة is how you say “hereafter” in Arabic.
Root أ خ ر ʾ-kh-r. noun (substantive; feminine of the participle meaning "last, hindmost"). ākhirah.
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Meaning of hereafter in Arabic
- the hereafter; the life to come, the next world the word's standard sense, as given in the source gloss
- the last, the latter (of two) literal sense tied to the root, as fem. counterpart of the 'last/hindmost' idea running through this word family
Example sentence
في الآخرة يظهر ميزانٌ لا يخطئ ولا يميل،
In the Hereafter, a scale will appear that neither errs nor sways,
الْآخِرَةِ the Hereafter
Genitive after 'fi' — 'the Hereafter, the Last [abode]'; a feminine adjective used as a noun.
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How it is used
Built on a root whose verbs (akhkhara, taʾakhkhara, istaʾkhara) all centre on delaying, putting behind, or being last; ākhirah is the feminine substantive form carrying that "last/latter" sense, used for "the hereafter."
Words from the same root
- أَخَّرَ to put back, delay, postpone, make late (form II)
- تَأَخَّرَ to go back, lag behind, be delayed (form V, quasi-passive of akhkhara)
- اِسْتَأْخَرَ to hold back, remain behind, be delayed (form X, same sense as taʾakhkhara)
- آخَرُ another, other (a thing or person other than the first)
- أُخُرٌ the back, hinder, or latter part; the hindmost part
- أَخِرٌ one held back and cast away from good; an outcast (used in reviling)
More example sentences
فَقَالَ دع الدُّنْيَا لأَهْلهَا كَمَا تركوهم الْآخِرَة لأَهْلهَا
He said, 'Leave the world to its people, as they have left the Afterlife to its people.'
الْآخِرَةَ the Afterlife
The object of 'left', in the accusative '-a'. It names the next life, the thing the world's people are said to have abandoned, the mirror of what you should do with the world.
قل متاع الدنيا قليل والآخرة خير لمن اتقى
Say: The enjoyment of this world is little, and the hereafter is better for those who fear Allah.
وَالْآخِرَةُ and the hereafter
This is 'and the hereafter', the definite, nominative subject of a new clause. It is set against 'this world' to weigh the two. The 'is' to its predicate is left unwritten.
وهذا أعم قسم وقع في القرآن فإنه يعم العلويات والسفليات والدنيا والآخرة وما يرى وما لا يرى
And this is the most comprehensive oath found in the Qur'an, as it includes the higher and lower realms, this world and the hereafter, and what is seen and what is not seen.
وَالْآخِرَةَ the hereafter
An 'and' plus 'the' on the noun 'the hereafter', the next included item. Its object ending marks it as encompassed; it pairs the afterlife with this world.
ووصف علماء الآخرة بالخشوع والزهد
And He described the scholars of the hereafter as humble and ascetic.
الْآخِرَةِ of the hereafter
The owning noun closing the 'scholars of the hereafter' pair. Its 'the' makes the phrase definite, naming the next life as what these scholars belong to, in contrast with the worldly scholars before.
وليتذكر أن الدنيا أيام قلائل، وأن الآخرة هي دار القرار
Let him remember that this world is only a few days, and the hereafter is the abode of permanence.
الْآخِرَةَ the hereafter
This is the subject of the second 'that' clause but it stands in the object case because the particle before it governs it that way. With 'the' it is definite, 'the hereafter', set in contrast to this world.
فمن زرع في هذه الدنيا طاعة، حصد في الآخرة الجنة والنعيم
Whoever planted obedience in this world will harvest paradise and bliss in the hereafter.
الْآخِرَةِ the hereafter
The object of 'in', so it stands in the possessive case, with 'the' marking the known hereafter. It names where the reward is gathered, in contrast to 'this world' where the deed was sown.
وإذا أصبح كأنه جاء من الآخرة،
And when he awoke in the morning, it was as if he came from the afterlife.
الآخِرَةِ the afterlife
This noun is what he is imagined to come from, held in the governed form by 'from'. The 'the' makes it the definite, known hereafter.
وَلَا ثَوَابَ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ
And there is no reward for him in the Hereafter.
الْآخِرَةِ the Hereafter
A noun, 'the Hereafter', with 'the' for a specific known realm, held in the (genitive) form by the 'in' before it. It names where the reward is denied.
أَوْ جَاءَ فِيهِ وَعِيدٌ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَوْ غَضَبٍ أَوْ تَهْدِيدٍ أَوْ لَعْنٍ فَاعِلِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ،
or there is a warning in the Hereafter of torment, anger, threat, or cursing of its doer on the tongue of our Prophet Muhammad,
الْآخِرَةِ the Hereafter
A noun with 'the', 'the Hereafter', held in the (genitive) form by the 'in' before it. It names where the warning takes effect.
Common questions
- How do you say "hereafter" in Arabic?
- آخِرَة (ākhirah).
- What is the root of آخِرَة and what does it mean?
- The root is أ-خ-ر (ʾ-kh-r), whose core sense across the word family is to delay, hold back, or be last — akhkhara means "to put off, postpone," and taʾakhkhara means "to lag behind, be delayed."
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).