The seventh word of verse (72:11) 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 (72) sūrat l-jin (The Jinn) (72:11:7) kunnā We
V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (72:11)

The analysis above refers to the eleventh verse of chapter 72 (sūrat l-jin):

Sahih International: And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.

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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