The seventh word of verse (46:11) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine singular. 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).

Chapter (46) sūrat l-aḥqāf (The Curved Sand-hills) (46:11:7) kāna it had been
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (46:11)

The analysis above refers to the eleventh verse of chapter 46 (sūrat l-aḥqāf):

Sahih International: And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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