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Verse (63:2), Word 11 - Quranic Grammar

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The eleventh word of verse (63:2) 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 (63) sūrat l-munāfiqūn (The Hypocrites)


(63:2:11)
kānū
they used to
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (63:2)

The analysis above refers to the second verse of chapter 63 (sūrat l-munāfiqūn):

Sahih International: They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

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