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Verse (39:35), Word 11 - Quranic Grammar

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The eleventh word of verse (39:35) 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 (39) sūrat l-zumar (The Groups)


(39:35:11)
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 (39:35)

The analysis above refers to the 35th verse of chapter 39 (sūrat l-zumar):

Sahih International: That Allah may remove from them the worst of what they did and reward them their due for the best of what they used to do.

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