The eleventh word of verse (2:64) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second 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 (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:64:11) lakuntum surely you would have been
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (2:64)

The analysis above refers to the 64th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: Then you turned away after that. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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