The fifth word of verse (7:163) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person feminine singular. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كانت) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:163:5) kānat was
V – 3rd person feminine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (7:163)

The analysis above refers to the 163rd verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.

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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