The Heights 7:144Quranic text
قَالَيَٰمُوسَىٰٓإِنِّىٱصْطَفَيْتُكَعَلَىٱلنَّاسِبِرِسَٰلَٰتِىوَبِكَلَٰمِىفَخُذْمَآءَاتَيْتُكَوَكُنمِّنَٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ
Reference 7:144Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 7:144:12
وَكُن
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَكُن Quranic text
- Simple
- وَكُن
- Without tashkeel
- وكن
- Normalised (searchable)
- وكن
Position
Computed- Surah
- 7 · The Heights
- Verse
- 7:144
- Word in verse
- 12
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:7:144:12
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- and be
- Transliteration
- wakun
- Root
- ك و نk-w-n
- Lemma
- كانَ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: IMPVperson: 2gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1family: كَان
Sub-word segments
- وَprefix · CONJ
- كُنstem · 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 7:144 — 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 →
He said, “O Moses, I have chosen you over all people for My messages and for My Words. So take what I have given you, and be one of the thankful.”He said: O Moses! I have preferred thee above mankind by My messages and by My speaking (unto thee). So hold that which I have given thee, and be among the thankfulHe said, "O Moses! thee above all men have I chosen by my commissions, and by my speaking to thee. Take therefore what I have brought thee, and be one of those who render thanksHe said, 'O Moses! verily, I have chosen thee over the people with my messages and my words, take then what I have brought thee, and be of those who thankSame form · 3 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَكُن appears 3 times in the corpus.
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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