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Verse (44:37), Word 11 - Quranic Grammar

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The eleventh word of verse (44:37) 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 (44) sūrat l-dukhān (The Smoke)


(44:37:11)
kānū
were
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (44:37)

The analysis above refers to the 37th verse of chapter 44 (sūrat l-dukhān):

Sahih International: Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

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