The third word of verse (74:16) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine singular. 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).

Chapter (74) sūrat l-mudathir (The One Enveloped) (74:16:3) kāna has been
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (74:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 74 (sūrat l-mudathir):

Sahih International: No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

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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