The second word of verse (23:48) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction fa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine 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 (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:48:2) fakānū and they became
CONJ – prefixed conjunction fa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء عاطفة فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (23:48)

The analysis above refers to the 48th verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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