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Verse (7:137), Word 23 - Quranic Grammar

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The 23rd word of verse (7:137) 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 (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights)


(7:137:23)
kāna
used to
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb فعل ماض

Verse (7:137)

The analysis above refers to the 137th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.

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