Name 74 of the 99 Names of Allah. See its root and meaning, the verse where it appears, and how to use it in your dua.
Name 74 of 99
الْآخِرُ
Al-Ākhir
The Last
Meaning
Al-Akhir (الْآخِرُ) means The Last. It is name 74 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Ākhir is the Last, with nothing after Him. Everything will perish except His Face.
Al-Akhir comes from the Arabic root أ خ ر (ʾ-kh-r), which carries the sense of last, end.
It comes once, in 57:3, with Al-Awwal.
هُوَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَٱلْءَاخِرُ وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Huwal Awwalu wal'Aakhiru waz Zaahiru wal Baatinu wa huwa bikulli shai'in Aleem
He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.
Quran 57:3. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۘ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ ۚ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Wa laa tad'u ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhar; laaa ilaaha illaa Hoo; kullu shai'in haalikun illaa Wajhah; lahul hukkmu wa ilaihi turja'oon
And do not invoke with Allah another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face. His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.
Quran 28:88. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا آخِرُ (Yā Ākhir) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Ākhir, make my last deed my best."
وَأَنْتَ الْآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْءٌ
Wa antal-ākhiru fa-laysa baʿdaka shayʾ
And You are the Last, and there is nothing after You. (From the same dua before sleeping.)
Sahih Muslim 2713
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Questions
Al-Akhir (الْآخِرُ) means The Last. Al-Ākhir is the Last, with nothing after Him.
It comes once, in 57:3, with Al-Awwal.
Say Yā Ākhir (يَا آخِرُ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Ākhir, make my last deed my best."
Use Abdul-Akhir, "servant of Al-Akhir". Scholars say Akhir on its own should not be used as a person's name, because this Name belongs to Allah alone.