Quran 19:55: The Last Testament

He used to instruct his family with the contact prayer and towards betterment, and his Lord was pleased with him.

19:55Verse 2322 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَكَانَ

wakāna

And he used

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form كان. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

And he used

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaكَkaاāنَna

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ROOTك و ن

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“كَانَ” (kāna)means “And he used” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular perfect verb.