The thirteenth word of verse (5:117) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person 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). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:117:13) wakuntu And I was
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 1st person singular perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (5:117)

The analysis above refers to the 117th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allah , my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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