The second word of verse (3:67) 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 (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:67:2) kāna was
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (3:67)

The analysis above refers to the 67th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah]. And he was not of the polytheists.

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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