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الْعُقْبَى the ultimate goal in Arabic

الْعُقْبَى is how you say “the ultimate goal” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَإِبْلِيسُ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ قَاطِعُ طَرِيقِ الْعُقْبَى لِيَصُدَّكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَالْهُدَى

So Iblis, may God curse him, is a blocker of the path to the ultimate goal, seeking to turn you away from the truth and guidance.

الْعُقْبَى the ultimate goal

Definite by 'al-', this completes the chain: the path is the path of the ultimate outcome (the hereafter). It rounds out the idea of what Iblis is cutting off, the road to final success, contrasting with the worldly road of the thieves.

From Seeking Refuge from the Devil

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