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Verse (5:44), Word 21 - Quranic Grammar

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The 21st word of verse (5:44) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A circumstantial particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "while" and is used to indicate the circumstance of events. 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 (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food)


(5:44:21)
wakānū
and they were
CIRC – prefixed circumstantial particle
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
الواو حالية
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (5:44)

The analysis above refers to the 44th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and light. The prophets who submitted [to Allah] judged by it for the Jews, as did the rabbis and scholars by that with which they were entrusted of the Scripture of Allah, and they were witnesses thereto. So do not fear the people but fear Me, and do not exchange My verses for a small price. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed – then it is those who are the disbelievers.

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