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Verse (59:19), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

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The second word of verse (59:19) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). 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 (59) sūrat l-ḥashr (The Gathering)


(59:19:2)
takūnū
be
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperfect verb, jussive mood
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل مضارع مجزوم والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (59:19)

The analysis above refers to the nineteenth verse of chapter 59 (sūrat l-ḥashr):

Sahih International: And be not like those who forgot Allah , so He made them forget themselves. Those are the defiantly disobedient.

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