ʿĀqib
عاقِب
Say it AA-qib
Successor in goodness
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-q-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Aqib, Aaqib, Akib
Meaning & source
One who comes after: “al-ʿāqib is the one who succeeds those before him in good”; also “the last”.
The Prophet ﷺ said, “I am al-ʿĀqib”, the last (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3532). No early bearer recorded here; the word is classical Arabic.
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والعاقِبُ والعَقُوبُ: الَّذِي يَخْلُف مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ فِي الخَيْرِ