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Verse (36:65), Word 10 - Quranic Grammar

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The tenth word of verse (36:65) 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 (36) sūrat yā sīn


(36:65:10)
kānū
they used to
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (36:65)

The analysis above refers to the 65th verse of chapter 36 (sūrat yā sīn):

Sahih International: That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn.

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