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Verse (6:156), Word 11 - Quranic Grammar

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The eleventh word of verse (6:156) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person 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 (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle)


(6:156:11)
kunnā
we were
V – 1st person plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (6:156)

The analysis above refers to the 156th verse of chapter 6 (sūrat l-anʿām):

Sahih International: [We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"

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