How to say "the afterlife, the Hereafter" in Arabic
CognateMeaningthe afterlife, the Hereafter
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
آخِرَة
ākhiraאח'רה
آخرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
העולם הבא
ha'olam habaهَاؤُولَام هَابَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
أ-خ-رHebrew root
א-ח-רSame root as آخر, 'last' — ʾ-kh-r, matching Hebrew א-ח-ר (אחר, 'after'). Al-ākhira, 'the Hereafter,' echoes Hebrew אחרית הימים, 'the end of days' — both languages build their afterlife-vocabulary on the word for 'after.'
Related Hebrew word:אחריתakharitأَخَارِيت
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In a phrase
الْحَيَاة فِي الْآخِرَة
al-ḥayāh fī al-ākhiraאל-חיאה פי אל-אח'רהlife in the Hereafter