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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 19:35:15

كُن

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
كُن Quranic text
Simple
كُن
Without tashkeel
كن
Normalised (searchable)
كن

Position

Computed
Verse
19:35
Word in verse
15
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:19:35:15

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
"Be"
Transliteration
kun
Lemma
كانَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: IMPVperson: 2gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1family: كَان

Sub-word segments

  1. كُنstem · V · ك و ن

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 19:35 — 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 →

It is not for God to have a child—glory be to Him. To have anything done, He says to it, “Be,” and it becomes
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
It befitteth not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
It beseemeth not God to beget a son. Glory be to Him! when he decreeth a thing, He only saith to it, Be, and it Is
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
God could not take to himself any son! celebrated be His praise! when He decrees a matter He only says to it, 'BE,' and it is
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 8 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form كُن appears 8 times in the corpus.

Root ك و ن · 1390 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ك و ن occurs 1390 times across 121 distinct forms.

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