The Night Journey 17:58Quranic text
وَإِنمِّنقَرْيَةٍإِلَّانَحْنُمُهْلِكُوهَاقَبْلَيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِأَوْمُعَذِّبُوهَاعَذَابًاشَدِيدًاكَانَذَٰلِكَفِىٱلْكِتَٰبِمَسْطُورًا
Reference 17:58Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 17:58:14
كَانَ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- كَانَ Quranic text
- Simple
- كَانَ
- Without tashkeel
- كان
- Normalised (searchable)
- كان
Position
Computed- Verse
- 17:58
- Word in verse
- 14
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:17:58:14
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- Is
- Transliteration
- kāna
- Root
- ك و نk-w-n
- Lemma
- كانَ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1family: كَان
Sub-word segments
- كَانَstem · V · ك و ن
Morphology is an external annotation from the Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus, licensed GPL-2.0-or-later. It is not Quranic text and never alters the token.
In context
Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 17:58 — the whole verse this word appears in — not this word alone. The correspondence is verse-level: no word-level alignment of translations exists for these editions, so we do not claim which English word renders this Arabic word. Compare the editions →
There is no city but We will destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe punishment. This is inscribed in the BookThere is not a township but We shall destroy it ere the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with dire punishment. That is set forth in the Book (of Our decrees)There is no city which we will not destroy before the day of Resurrection, or chastise it with a grievous chastisement. This is written in the BookThere is no city but we will destroy it before the day of judgment, or torment it with keen torment;- that is in the Book inscribedSame form · 323 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form كَانَ appears 323 times in the corpus.
- كَانَ2:75:6
- كَانَ2:97:3
- كَانَ2:98:2
- كَانَ2:111:7
- كَانَ2:114:16
- كَانَ2:135:13
- كَانَ2:143:37
- كَانَ2:170:16
- كَانَ2:184:4
- كَانَ2:185:19
- كَانَ2:196:19
- كَانَ2:213:1
Root ك و ن · 1390 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root ك و ن occurs 1390 times across 121 distinct forms.
- كَانُوا۟2:10:11
- كَانُوا۟2:16:10
- كُنتُمْ2:23:2
- كُنتُمْ2:23:19
- وَكُنتُمْ2:28:4
- كُنتُمْ2:31:14
- كُنتُمْ2:33:21
- وَكَانَ2:34:11
- فَتَكُونَا2:35:16
- كَانَا2:36:6
- تَكُونُوٓا۟2:41:8
- كَانُوٓا۟2:57:16
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