The second word of verse (12:7) 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 (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:7:2) kāna were
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (12:7)

The analysis above refers to the seventh verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: Certainly were there in Joseph and his brothers signs for those who ask,

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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