The fourth word of verse (25:18) 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 (25) sūrat l-fur'qān (The Criterion) (25:18:4) kāna it was proper
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (25:18)

The analysis above refers to the eighteenth verse of chapter 25 (sūrat l-fur'qān):

Sahih International: They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."

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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