The twelfth word of verse (28:53) 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 (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) (28:53:12) kunnā [we] were
V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (28:53)

The analysis above refers to the 53rd verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [submitting to Allah]."

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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