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Verse (3:55), Word 28 - Quranic Grammar

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The 28th word of verse (3:55) 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 (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān)


(3:55:28)
kuntum
you were
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (3:55)

The analysis above refers to the 55th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: [Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.

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