Quran 56:47: The Last Testament

They used to say, "After we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we then get resurrected?"

56:47Verse 5078 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَكَانُوا

wakānū

And they used (to)

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 they used (to)

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaكَkaاāنُnuوwاā

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ROOTك و ن

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

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).

“كَانُ” (kānu)means “And they used (to)” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural perfect verb.

“وا” (wā)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural subject pronoun.