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Verse (30:56), Word 18 - Quranic Grammar

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The eighteenth word of verse (30:56) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second 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 (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (30) sūrat l-rūm (The Romans)


(30:56:18)
kuntum
were
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (30:56)

The analysis above refers to the 56th verse of chapter 30 (sūrat l-rūm):

Sahih International: But those who were given knowledge and faith will say, "You remained the extent of Allah 's decree until the Day of Resurrection, and this is the Day of Resurrection, but you did not used to know."

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