The Criterion 25:67Quranic text
وَٱلَّذِينَإِذَآأَنفَقُوا۟لَمْيُسْرِفُوا۟وَلَمْيَقْتُرُوا۟وَكَانَبَيْنَذَٰلِكَقَوَامًا
Reference 25:67Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 25:67:8
وَكَانَ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَكَانَ Quranic text
- Simple
- وَكَانَ
- Without tashkeel
- وكان
- Normalised (searchable)
- وكان
Position
Computed- Surah
- 25 · The Criterion
- Verse
- 25:67
- Word in verse
- 8
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:25:67:8
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- but are
- Transliteration
- wakāna
- 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
- وَprefix · CONJ
- 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 25:67 — 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 →
And those who, when they spend, are neither wasteful nor stingy, but choose a middle course between thatAnd those who, when they spend, are neither prodigal nor grudging; and there is ever a firm station between the twoThose who when they spend are neither lavish nor niggard, but keep the meanAnd those who when they spend are neither extravagant nor miserly, but who ever take their stand between the twoSame form · 84 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَكَانَ appears 84 times in the corpus.
- وَكَانَ2:34:11
- وَكَانَ4:17:17
- وَكَانَ4:30:9
- وَكَانَ4:39:12
- وَكَانَ4:47:25
- وَكَانَ4:85:17
- وَكَانَ4:92:57
- وَكَانَ4:96:5
- وَكَانَ4:99:7
- وَكَانَ4:100:28
- وَكَانَ4:104:19
- وَكَانَ4:108:17
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
Cited by 0 investigations
CommunityNo published investigation cites this word yet. When one does, it appears here — the evidence links back to the argument.