The sixteenth word of verse (5:31) is an imperfect verb (فعل مضارع). The verb is first person singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (اكون) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:31:16) akūna I can be
V – 1st person singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (5:31)

The analysis above refers to the 31st verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.

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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