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Description

The second word of verse (37:116) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine 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 (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Verb forms

Perfect

كَانَ

Imperfect

يَكُونُ

Imperative

كُنْ

Active participle

كَائِن

Verbal noun

كَوْن/كَيْنُوْنة