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Verse (33:72), Word 16 - Quranic Grammar

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The sixteenth word of verse (33:72) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine singular. 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).

Chapter (33) sūrat l-aḥzāb (The Combined Forces)


(33:72:16)
kāna
was
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb فعل ماض

Verse (33:72)

The analysis above refers to the 72nd verse of chapter 33 (sūrat l-aḥzāb):

Sahih International: Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.

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