عَافَاكَ اللهُ
Translation: May God grant you well-being.
ʿĀfā is a past-form verb used here as a supplication; -ka is the attached object pronoun; Allāhu is the nominative subject.
Arabic can employ the past tense in wishes or prayers. The meaning here is granting a state of well-being rather than reciprocal participation.
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Parsing ʿĀfāka Allāhu
عَافَاكَ اللهُ
Translation: May God grant you well-being.
ʿĀfā is a past-form verb used here as a supplication; -ka is the attached object pronoun; Allāhu is the nominative subject.
Arabic can employ the past tense in wishes or prayers. The meaning here is granting a state of well-being rather than reciprocal participation.