The sixth word of verse (23:30) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. 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). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:30:6) kunnā We are
V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (23:30)

The analysis above refers to the 30th verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].

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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