The third word of verse (72:15) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa 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 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 (72) sūrat l-jin (The Jinn) (72:15:3) fakānū they will be,
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (72:15)

The analysis above refers to the fifteenth verse of chapter 72 (sūrat l-jin):

Sahih International: But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'

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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