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Verse (40:75), Word 3 - Quranic Grammar

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The third word of verse (40:75) 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 (40) sūrat ghāfir (The Forgiver God)


(40:75:3)
kuntum
you used to
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (40:75)

The analysis above refers to the 75th verse of chapter 40 (sūrat ghāfir):

Sahih International: [The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

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