خفق

خَفْقَةٌ خفق خفقه خفقة [ A single nodding of the head, by reason of drowsiness, or dozing ]: see 1, in two places: (Mgh, Msb:) a slight, or light, sleep. (TA.) It is said in a trad. respecting Ed-Dejjál [or Antichrist], يَخْرُجُ فِى خَفْقَةٍ مِنَ الدِّينِ, explained as meaning [ He will come forth ] in a time when religion will be drowsy, or dozing, by reason of weakness. (TA.) ― -b2- مَضَى خَفْقَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ means A period (سَاعَةٌ) of the night passed. (JK.) ― -b3- And one says, سَيْرُ اللَّيْلِ الخَفْقَتَانِ وَسَيْرُ النَّهَارِ البَرْدَانِ [The time of] the journeying of the night is the first part thereof and the last part thereof, and [that of] the journeying of the day is the morning, between daybreak and sunrise, and the evening, between sunset and nightfall. (TA.) -A2- See also the next paragraph, in two places.