The seventh word of verse (72:19) 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 dāl (ك و د). The verb (كاد) belongs to a special group of words known as kāda and her sisters (كاد واخواتها). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (72) sūrat l-jin (The Jinn) (72:19:7) kādū they almost
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كاد»

Verse (72:19)

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

Sahih International: And that when the Servant of Allah stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."

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 dāl

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