The first word of verse (3:104) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, imperative particle and verb. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "let" and is used to form an imperative construction. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person feminine singular and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (تكن) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:104:1) waltakun And let there be
REM – prefixed resumption particle IMPV – prefixed imperative particle lām V – 3rd person feminine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood	الواو استئنافية اللام لام الامر فعل مضارع مجزوم

Verse (3:104)

The analysis above refers to the 104th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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