Akhira

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آخرة

Ākhira

The Hereafter: the life after death, judgement, and the abode of reward or punishment.

What it means

Belief in the Last Day is one of the six articles of faith. The Quran says that “the life of this world is only play and amusement, but the home of the Hereafter is the real life” (29:64). It describes resurrection, the weighing of deeds (21:47), and Paradise and Hell.