The Prophets 21:104Quranic text
يَوْمَنَطْوِىٱلسَّمَآءَكَطَىِّٱلسِّجِلِّلِلْكُتُبِكَمَابَدَأْنَآأَوَّلَخَلْقٍنُّعِيدُهُۥوَعْدًاعَلَيْنَآإِنَّاكُنَّافَٰعِلِينَ
Reference 21:104Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 21:104:15
كُنَّا
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- كُنَّا Quranic text
- Simple
- كُنَّا
- Without tashkeel
- كنا
- Normalised (searchable)
- كنا
Position
Computed- Surah
- 21 · The Prophets
- Verse
- 21:104
- Word in verse
- 15
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:21:104:15
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- We are
- Transliteration
- kunnā
- Root
- ك و نk-w-n
- Lemma
- كانَ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: PERFperson: 1number: pluralverb_form: 1family: كَان
Sub-word segments
- كُstem · V · ك و ن
- نَّاsuffix · PRON
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 21:104 — 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 →
On the Day when We fold the heaven, like the folding of a book. Just as We began the first creation, We will repeat it—a promise binding on Us. We will actThe Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise (binding) upon Us. Lo! We are to perform itOn that day we will roll up the heaven as one rolleth up written scrolls. As we made the first creation, so will we bring it forth again. This promise bindeth us; verily, we will perform itThe day when we will roll up the heavens as es-Sigill rolls up the books; as we produced it at its first creation will we bring it back again - a promise binding upon us; verily, we are going to do itSame form · 62 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form كُنَّا appears 62 times in the corpus.
- كُنَّا4:97:11
- كُنَّا6:23:11
- كُنَّا6:156:11
- كُنَّا7:5:11
- كُنَّا7:7:5
- كُنَّا7:43:18
- كُنَّا7:53:29
- كُنَّا7:88:20
- كُنَّا7:113:9
- كُنَّا7:172:23
- كُنَّا9:65:5
- كُنَّا10:29:7
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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