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Verse (28:64), Word 12 - Quranic Grammar

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The twelfth word of verse (28:64) 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 (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories)


(28:64:12)
kānū
had been
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (28:64)

The analysis above refers to the 64th verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: And it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners' " and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance!

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