The fifth word of verse (21:11) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person feminine singular. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كانت) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) (21:11:5) kānat (that) was
V – 3rd person feminine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (21:11)

The analysis above refers to the eleventh verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa):

Sahih International: And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

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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