«فَإِذَا هُوَ شَيْخُنَا السُّرُوجِيُّ»
Suddenly, I realized that he was our familiar shaykh, al-Sarūjī!
The construction *fa-idhā huwa* delivers sudden recognition. The figure who was previously an impressive stranger is now known to the narrator as al-Sarūjī. With that new knowledge, the reader reconsiders earlier words and conduct.
Recognition therefore does more than supply a label. It retrospectively changes the meaning of the performance. Information has been released at a carefully chosen point; if the same identity had been announced at the beginning, the audience would not have experienced the same uncertainty or surprise.
StageInformation gainedHearing the verseAppreciation of skillAsking the authorSearch for identityRecognitionReinterpretation of earlier speech