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ا-خ-ر

Alif-Kha-Ra

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Alif-Kha-Ra (ا-خ-ر) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: ākhirah (hereafter / afterlife).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 250 times in 242 verses, across 64 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:4.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
آخِرَةٌ
ākhirah
hereafter / afterlifenoun, A2The Hereafter

In the Quran

۞ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ ۚ فَمَن تَعَجَّلَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ وَمَن تَأَخَّرَ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ لِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Remember Allah through the appointed days. Then whoso hasteneth (his departure) by two days, it is no sin for him, and whoso delayeth, it is no sin for him; that is for him who wardeth off (evil). Be careful of your duty to Allah, and know that unto Him ye will be gathered.

Quran 2:203
قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ ءَايَةٌ فِى فِئَتَيْنِ ٱلْتَقَتَا ۖ فِئَةٌ تُقَـٰتِلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُخْرَىٰ كَافِرَةٌ يَرَوْنَهُم مِّثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْىَ ٱلْعَيْنِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ

There was a token for you in two hosts which met: one army fighting in the way of Allah, and another disbelieving, whom they saw as twice their number, clearly, with their very eyes. Thus Allah strengtheneth with His succour whom He will. Lo! herein verily is a lesson for those who have eyes.

Quran 3:13
وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَجْهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

And a party of the People of the Scripture say: Believe in that which hath been revealed unto those who believe at the opening of the day, and disbelieve at the end thereof, in order that they may return;

Quran 3:72

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

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.

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