The second word of verse (11:109) is an imperfect verb (فعل مضارع). The verb is second person masculine singular and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). 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 (11) sūrat hūd (Hud) (11:109:2) taku be
V – 2nd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood	فعل مضارع مجزوم

Verse (11:109)

The analysis above refers to the 109th verse of chapter 11 (sūrat hūd):

Sahih International: So do not be in doubt, [O Muhammad], as to what these [polytheists] are worshipping. They worship not except as their fathers worshipped before. And indeed, We will give them their share undiminished.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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