al-Akhir — The Last · Islam Museum

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al-Akhir — The Last. It is name number 74 in the enumeration of God's most beautiful names in the hadith of Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) at al-Tirmidhi ¹; Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya devoted a chapter of Jala' al-Afham to explaining these names ².

In the Qur'an

The name occurs in the Qur'an, among them: 12:36، 12:41، 2:126، 2:177، 2:228، 2:232، 2:264، 2:62، 2:8، 24:2، 29:36، 3:114، 33:21، 4:136، 4:162، 4:38، 4:39، 4:59، 5:27، 5:69، 58:22، 60:6، 65:2، 9:18، 9:19، 9:29، 9:44، 9:45، 9:99.

In the Sunna

Abu Hurayra reports: 'God has ninety-nine names — a hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters Paradise' ³. Reports naming this name include: 15، 47، 1354، 1529، 1747.

People and things also explored

al-Awwal — The First· The most beautiful names of God (asma' Allah al-husna)· Abu Hurayra· Muhammad· al-Adl — The Utterly Just· al-Afuww — The Pardoner· al-Ahad — The Unique· al-Ali — The Most High

Sources

Jami' al-Tirmidhi
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Jala' al-Afham
Sahih Muslim

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islam.museum contributors. “al-Akhir — The Last”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/asma-al-akhir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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