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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 48:15:27

كَانُوا۟

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
كَانُوا۟ Quranic text
Simple
كَانُوا
Without tashkeel
كانوا
Normalised (searchable)
كانوا

Position

Computed
Surah
48 · The Victory
Verse
48:15
Word in verse
27
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:48:15:27

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
they were
Transliteration
kānū
Root
ك و نk-w-n
Lemma
كانَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 1family: كَان

Sub-word segments

  1. كَانُstem · V · ك و ن
  2. وا۟suffix · 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 1.1
The Victory 48:15Quranic text

سَيَقُولُٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَإِذَاٱنطَلَقْتُمْإِلَىٰمَغَانِمَلِتَأْخُذُوهَاذَرُونَانَتَّبِعْكُمْيُرِيدُونَأَنيُبَدِّلُوا۟كَلَٰمَٱللَّهِقُللَّنتَتَّبِعُونَاكَذَٰلِكُمْقَالَٱللَّهُمِنقَبْلُفَسَيَقُولُونَبَلْتَحْسُدُونَنَابَلْكَانُوا۟لَايَفْقَهُونَإِلَّاقَلِيلًا

Reference 48:15

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 48:15 — 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 →

Those who lagged behind will say when you depart to collect the gains, “Let us follow you.” They want to change the Word of God. Say, “You will not follow us; God has said so before.” Then they will say, “But you are jealous of us.” In fact, they understand only a little
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Those who were left behind will say, when ye set forth to capture booty: Let us go with you. They fain would change the verdict of Allah. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye shall not go with us. Thus hath Allah said beforehand. Then they will say: Ye are envious of us. Nay, but they understand not, save a little
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
They who took not the field with you will say, when ye go forth to the spoil to take it, "Let us follow you." Fain would they change the word of God. SAY: Ye shall by no means follow us: thus hath God said already. They will say, "Nay, ye are jealous of us." Nay! they are men of little understanding
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Those who were left behind shall say when ye have gone forth to spoils that ye may take, 'Let us follow you;' they wish to change God's words. Say, 'Ye shall by no means follow us; thus did God say before!' They will say, 'Nay! but ye envy us!' Nay! they did not understand save a little
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 210 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form كَانُوا۟ appears 210 times in the corpus.

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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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