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Verse (28:75), Word 16 - Quranic Grammar

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The sixteenth word of verse (28:75) 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 (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories)


(28:75:16)
kānū
they used (to)
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (28:75)

The analysis above refers to the 75th verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: And We will extract from every nation a witness and say, "Produce your proof," and they will know that the truth belongs to Allah , and lost from them is that which they used to invent.

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