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Verse (6:14), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (6:14) is an imperfect verb (فعل مضارع). The verb is first person singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (اكون) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle)


(6:14:17)
akūna
I be
V – 1st person singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (6:14)

The analysis above refers to the fourteenth verse of chapter 6 (sūrat l-anʿām):

Sahih International: Say, "Is it other than Allah I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and the earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?" Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first [among you] who submit [to Allah] and [was commanded], 'Do not ever be of the polytheists.' "

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