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Verse (16:124), Word 15 - Quranic Grammar

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The fifteenth word of verse (16:124) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. 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). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:124:15)
kānū
they used (to)
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (16:124)

The analysis above refers to the 124th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: The sabbath was only appointed for those who differed over it. And indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

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