The fourth word of verse (78:17) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine 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).

Chapter (78) sūrat l-naba (The Great News) (78:17:4) kāna is
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (78:17)

The analysis above refers to the seventeenth verse of chapter 78 (sūrat l-naba):

Sahih International: Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

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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