The second word of verse (21:99) 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 (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) (21:99:2) kāna were
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (21:99)

The analysis above refers to the 99th verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa):

Sahih International: Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.

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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