The fifth word of verse (4:96) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and verb. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) 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 (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) (4:96:5) wakāna And is
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	الواو استئنافية فعل ماض

Verse (4:96)

The analysis above refers to the 96th verse of chapter 4 (sūrat l-nisāa):

Sahih International: Degrees [of high position] from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever 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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