Name 74 of 99
Al-Akhir
الْآخِر
The Last
What it means
Al-Ākhir has no end: after every "after" is His existence. Everything else fades; He remains, unchanged. The pairing "First and Last" excludes any before and any after.
Qur'anic evidence
This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:
Q 57:3
Sources for this entry
The Arabic name and its enumeration follow the traditional list in Sunan al-Tirmidhī (§3507). The concise explanation reflects the consensus classical understanding taught in Al-Ghazālī's Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr. Qur'anic references are locations where the name appears in the Mushaf.
Contemplate Al-Akhir with SABR
Learning the names of Allah alongside memorising His words is one of the highest forms of study. SABR pairs one name per day with your memorisation session.