The second word of verse (19:35) 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 (19) sūrat maryam (Mary) (19:35:2) kāna (it) is
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (19:35)

The analysis above refers to the 35th verse of chapter 19 (sūrat maryam):

Sahih International: It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

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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