Al-Ākhir
The Last
Root أ خ ر (ʾ-kh-r). Lane gives akhkhara as ‘he put, or placed, behind, or after’; thus, ākhir means ‘last’, the opposite of awwal. Ākhira refers to the Hereafter. Ākhar means another or other. Taʾakhkhara, meaning came later, appears in Qur'an 48:2. ‘He is the First and the Last’ (57:3).
The root
أ خ رʾ-kh-r
Being after. Lane gives akhkhara as 'he put, or placed, behind, or after'; ākhir is 'last', the opposite of awwal.
- آخِرَةākhirathe Hereafter
- آخَرākharanother, other
- تَأَخَّرَtaʾakhkharacame later (48:2)
Pronunciation
الْآخِرُ
al-AA-khir
In the Qur'an
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.
57:3 · Sahih International