يقظة

Verbal noun of يَقُظَ (yaquẓa, “to be awake”) (cf. اِسْتَيْقَظَ (istayqaẓa, “to wake up (oneself)”) and أَيْقَظَ (ʔayqaẓa, “to wake up (someone else)”), from the root ي ق ظ (y-q-ẓ), related to awakeness.

• IPA^(key): /ja.qa.ðˤa/

يَقَظَة • (yaqaẓa) f (plural يَقَظَات (yaqaẓāt))

1. the state of being awake, not being asleep; awakeness

   Antonym: مَنَام (manām)

   مَن اِدَّعَى أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَمَ فِي اليَقَظَةِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَبِيِ فَهْوَ كَاذِب ― man iddaʕā ʔannahu raʔā n-nabiyya ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasalama fī al-yaqaẓati baʕda wafāti n-nabiyi fahwa kāḏib ― Whoever claims to have seen the Prophet after his death while awake is a liar.

2. alertness, wokeness, attentiveness

   Synonym: نَبَاهَة (nabāha)

   الشَّعْبُ كَانَ يَقِظًا فِي مَطَالِبِهِ وَأَهْدَافِهِ. ― aš-šaʕbu kāna yaqiẓan fī maṭālibihi waʔahdāfihi. ― The people were woke in their demands and goals