Consultation 42:51Quranic text
وَمَاكَانَلِبَشَرٍأَنيُكَلِّمَهُٱللَّهُإِلَّاوَحْيًاأَوْمِنوَرَآئِحِجَابٍأَوْيُرْسِلَرَسُولًافَيُوحِىَبِإِذْنِهِۦمَايَشَآءُإِنَّهُۥعَلِىٌّحَكِيمٌ
Reference 42:51Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 42:51:2
كَانَ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- كَانَ Quranic text
- Simple
- كَانَ
- Without tashkeel
- كان
- Normalised (searchable)
- كان
Position
Computed- Surah
- 42 · Consultation
- Verse
- 42:51
- Word in verse
- 2
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:42:51:2
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 42:51 — 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 any human that God should speak to him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger to reveal by His permission whatever He wills. He is All-High, All-WiseAnd it was not (vouchsafed) to any mortal that Allah should speak to him unless (it be) by revelation or from behind a veil, or (that) He sendeth a messenger to reveal what He will by His leave. Lo! He is Exalted, WiseIt is not for man that God should speak with him but by vision, or from behind a veil: Or, He sendeth a messenger to reveal, by his permission, what He will: for He is Exalted, WiseIt is not for any mortal that God should speak to him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending an apostle and inspiring, by His permission, what He pleases; verily, He is high and wiseSame 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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