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Verse (24:24), Word 8 - Quranic Grammar

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The eighth word of verse (24:24) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. 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 (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light)


(24:24:8)
kānū
they used
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (24:24)

The analysis above refers to the 24th verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr):

Sahih International: On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.

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