أَفَاقَ awaken in Arabic
أَفَاقَ is how you say “awaken” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
لَو استنشقت ريح الأسحار لأفاق مِنْك قَلْبك المخمور
If you inhaled the dawn breeze, your intoxicated heart would awaken.
لَأَفَاقَ then would awaken
The 'la-' answering the counterfactual, prefixed to a past-tense (form IV) verb 'came to / sobered up' — 'would have come to its senses'. The 'la-' marks the apodosis.
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ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَصَلَّى النَّاسُ
Then he regained consciousness and said, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Have the people prayed?"
أَفَاقَ regained consciousness
A completed past verb, 'he recovered', with the 'he' subject built into it; no separate pronoun is needed. It marks his return to consciousness.
ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فَقَالَ أَصَلَّى النَّاسُ؟ قُلْنَا لَا،
Then he regained consciousness and asked, "Did the people pray?" We said, "No."
أَفَاقَ regained consciousness
A completed past verb, 'he came to / revived', with the 'he' subject folded into its ending rather than spelled out. English needs a pronoun here; Arabic lets the verb's own shape carry the doer, and this one marks his return to awareness.
ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فَقَالَ أَصَلَّى النَّاسُ فَقُلْنَا لَا،
Then he regained consciousness and asked, "Had the people prayed?" We said, "No."
أَفَاقَ he regained consciousness
A completed past verb, 'he came to / recovered', with the 'he' subject folded into its ending so no separate pronoun is needed. It marks his return to consciousness and sets up the speech that follows.