The tenth word of verse (16:123) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:123:10) kāna he was
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (16:123)

The analysis above refers to the 123rd verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: Then We revealed to you, [O Muhammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allah.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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