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Arabic root

ا-خ-ر

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A2noun
آخِرَةٌ
ākhirah

hereafter / afterlife

Example
وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنَ الْأُولَى
wa-lal-ākhiratu khayrun laka mina al-ūlā
And the Hereafter is better for you than the first life (93:4)
Grammar

Feminine adjective used as a noun (originally الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ = the final abode). Related: آخِرٌ (last), أُخْرَى (other/another). Opposite: الدُّنْيَا (this world).

Culture

Belief in the Ākhirah (Hereafter) is one of the six pillars of Islamic faith. Surah Ad-Duha (93) comforted the Prophet during a difficult period.