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Verse (46:18), Word 16 - Quranic Grammar

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The sixteenth word of verse (46:18) 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 (46) sūrat l-aḥqāf (The Curved Sand-hills)


(46:18:16)
kānū
are
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (46:18)

The analysis above refers to the eighteenth verse of chapter 46 (sūrat l-aḥqāf):

Sahih International: Those are the ones upon whom the word has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

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