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Verse (51:17), Word 1 - Quranic Grammar

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The first word of verse (51:17) 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 (51) sūrat l-dhāriyāt (The Wind that Scatter)


(51:17:1)
kānū
They used to
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (51:17)

The analysis above refers to the seventeenth verse of chapter 51 (sūrat l-dhāriyāt):

Sahih International: They used to sleep but little of the night,

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