The third word of verse (3:31) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. 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 (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:31:3) kuntum you
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (3:31)

The analysis above refers to the 31st verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah , then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."

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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