The Stories 28:45Quranic text
وَلَٰكِنَّآأَنشَأْنَاقُرُونًافَتَطَاوَلَعَلَيْهِمُٱلْعُمُرُوَمَاكُنتَثَاوِيًافِىٓأَهْلِمَدْيَنَتَتْلُوا۟عَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتِنَاوَلَٰكِنَّاكُنَّامُرْسِلِينَ
Reference 28:45Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 28:45:17
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
- 28 · The Stories
- Verse
- 28:45
- Word in verse
- 17
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:28:45:17
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- [We] were
- 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 28:45 — 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 →
But We established many generations, and time took its toll on them. Nor were you among the people of Median, reciting Our revelations to them. But We kept sending messengersBut We brought forth generations, and their lives dragged on for them. And thou wast not a dweller in Midian, reciting unto them Our revelations, but We kept sending (messengers to men)But we raised up generations after Moses, men whose days were lengthened; neither didst thou dwell among the inhabitants of Madian to rehearse to them our signs, but we sent Apostles to themBut we raised up (other) generations, and life was prolonged for them; and thou wast not staying amidst the people of Midian, reciting to them our signs; but we were sending our apostlesSame 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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