Quranic root
يقظ
y · q · ẓ
The supplied lexical evidence centers on wakefulness and the alert attention that accompanies it.
The attested range extends from waking or being awake to vigilance and mental alertness, with derived causative and reflexive uses and a few specialized extensions.
- Lane · entry 17304
- Lane · entry 17306
- Lane · entry 17307
- Lane · entry 17310
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
يَقِظٌ
yaqiẓun
- Part of speech
- Adjective
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Awake; not sleeping.
The Quranic occurrence is the plural أَيْقَاظ, describing people who appear awake even though they are asleep in the surrounding passage.
- Lane · entry 17310
Selected Quran examples
Quran 18:18word 2
“awake”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 18:18أَيْقَاظًۭاawake
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 10 Classical meanings
يَقِظَ
To wake or be awake; not to sleep.
An intransitive Form I verb, distinct from the adjective citation form represented by the Quranic plural.
- Lane · entry 17304
أَيْقَظَ
To awaken someone from sleep.
A transitive causative construction.
- Lane · entry 17306
أَيْقَظَ
To rouse a person's attention toward a matter or affair.
An extended use concerning attention rather than literal sleep.
- Lane · entry 17306
أَيْقَظَ
To disperse or raise dust.
A reported extended usage; one cited authority treats the wording as a mistranscription for بَقَّطَ التُّرَابَ.
- Lane · entry 17306
تَيَقَّظَ
To become awake or to wake from sleep.
An inchoative or reflexive Form V construction.
- Lane · entry 17307
تَيَقَّظَ
To become attentive, vigilant, wary, or cautious.
An extended use in which attention becomes roused toward a matter or a sound.
- Lane · entry 17307
اِسْتَيْقَظَ
Of an anklet or other ornament, to make a sound or sounds.
A specialized extended usage applied to the sound of an ornament.
- Lane · entry 17308
يَقِظٌ
Vigilant, wary, cautious, and alert in mind; mentally sharp and intelligent.
An extended adjectival use for roused attention and alertness. It also occurs in the comparative expression أَيْقَظَ مِنْهُ, “more vigilant or cautious than him.”
- Lane · entry 17310
- Lane · entry 17314
يَقَظَةٌ
A state of waking or being awake.
A verbal noun or simple substantive denoting wakefulness.
- Lane · entry 17312
أَبُو اليَقْظَانِ
The domestic cock.
A fixed lexical expression.
- Lane · entry 17313
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No matched Maqayis or Mufradat entry was supplied, so the root idea is limited to the available Classical lexical record.
The dust-related extension is explicitly reported with a possible mistranscription and should be treated cautiously.