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آخِر

last, the Hereafter

শেষ, আখিরাত

Root letters: أ خ رAppears 155 times in the Qur'an#74 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 8

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: أ خ ر

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ145 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ10 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِthe Hereafterl-ākhirati · 46 times
  • بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِin the Hereafterbil-ākhirati · 18 times
  • ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ[the] Lastl-ākhiri · 15 times
  • ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَthe later (generations)l-ākhirīna · 8 times
  • وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِand (in) the Hereafterwal-ākhirati · 7 times
  • ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَthe Hereafterl-ākhirata · 7 times

Opposite words

Words from the same root

More words from the root أ خ ر — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

Surah 53:25 — Read full ayah

And a few of the later peoples,

Surah 56:14 — Read full ayah

And a company of the later peoples.

Surah 56:40 — Read full ayah