The sixteenth word of verse (31:21) 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 (31) sūrat luq'mān (31:21:16) kāna Shaitaan was
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (31:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 31 (sūrat luq'mān):

Sahih International: And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?

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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