The second word of verse (7:82) 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 (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:82:2) kāna was
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض

Verse (7:82)

The analysis above refers to the 82nd verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

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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