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Verse (5:105), Word 18 - Quranic Grammar

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The eighteenth word of verse (5:105) 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 (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food)


(5:105:18)
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 (5:105)

The analysis above refers to the 105th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided. To Allah is you return all together; then He will inform you of what you used to do.

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