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 اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَمَ فِي ٱليَقَظَةِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَبِيِ فَهْوَ كَاذِب

   man iddaʕā ʔannahu raʔā n-nabiyya ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-salama fī l-yaqaẓati baʕda wafāti n-nabiyi fahwa kāḏib

   Whoever claims to have seen the Prophet after his death while awake is a liar.

2. alertness, awakeness, attentiveness

   Synonym: نَبَاهَة (nabāha)

   الشَّعْبُ كَانَ يَقِظًا فِي مَطَالِبِهِ وَأَهْدَافِهِ.

   aš-šaʕbu kāna yaqiẓan fī maṭālibihi wa-ʔahdāfihi.

   The people were alert in their demands and goals.