How to say "resurrection" in Arabic
CognateMeaningresurrection
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قِيَامَة
qiyāmaקיאמה
قيامة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תחיית המתים
tkhiyat hametimتْخِيَات هَامِتِيم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ق-و-مHebrew root
ק-ו-םRoot q-w-m, 'to stand, rise' — exactly Hebrew ק-ו-ם (קם, 'he rose'; תקומה, 'revival'). Qiyāma, 'the Rising' (Day of Resurrection, yawm al-qiyāma), and Hebrew תקומה share the same rising-up logic, even though Judaism's classic term for resurrection is the separate phrase תחיית המתים.
Related Hebrew word:קימה / תקומהkima / tkumaكِيمَا / تْكُومَا
Learn it
In a phrase
يَوْم الْقِيَامَة
yawm al-qiyāmaיום אל-קיאמהthe Day of Resurrection