The sixteenth word of verse (9:86) is an imperfect verb (فعل مضارع). The verb is first person plural and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (نكن) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:86:16) nakun (to) be
V – 1st person plural imperfect verb, jussive mood	فعل مضارع مجزوم

Verse (9:86)

The analysis above refers to the 86th verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah):

Sahih International: And when a surah was revealed [enjoining them] to believe in Allah and to fight with His Messenger, those of wealth among them asked your permission [to stay back] and said, "Leave us to be with them who sit [at home]."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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