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Verse (2:103), Word 11 - Quranic Grammar

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The eleventh word of verse (2:103) 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 (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)


(2:103:11)
kānū
they were
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (2:103)

The analysis above refers to the 103rd verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And if they had believed and feared Allah , then the reward from Allah would have been [far] better, if they only knew.

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