The third word of verse (21:69) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person feminine singular. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كون) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (الياء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) (21:69:3) kūnī Be
V – 2nd person feminine singular imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل أمر والياء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كون»

Verse (21:69)

The analysis above refers to the 69th verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa):

Sahih International: Allah said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."

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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