Quran 27:48: The Last Testament

In the city were nine thugs who were causing corruption in the land, and they were not reforming.

27:48Verse 3232 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَكَانَ

wakāna

And were

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 were

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 were” 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.