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Verse (3:79), Word 13 - Quranic Grammar

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The thirteenth word of verse (3:79) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كون) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān)


(3:79:13)
kūnū
"Be
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كون»

Verse (3:79)

The analysis above refers to the 79th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: It is not for a human [prophet] that Allah should give him the Scripture and authority and prophethood and then he would say to the people, "Be servants to me rather than Allah ," but [instead, he would say], "Be pious scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Scripture and because of what you have studied."

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