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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 7:87:2

كَانَ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
كَانَ Quranic text
Simple
كَانَ
Without tashkeel
كان
Normalised (searchable)
كان

Position

Computed
Verse
7:87
Word in verse
2
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:7:87:2

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
kāna
Lemma
كانَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1family: كَان

Sub-word segments

  1. كَانَstem · V · ك و ن

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 7:87 — 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 →

“Since some of you believed in what I was sent with, and some did not believe, be patient until God judges between us; for He is the Best of Judges.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And if there is a party of you which believeth in that wherewith I have been sent, and there is a party which believeth not, then have patience until Allah judge between us. He is the Best of all who deal in judgment
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And if a part of you believe in that with which I am sent, and a part of you believe not, then wait steadfastly until God shall judge between us, for He is the best of judges
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And if there be a party of you who believe in what I am sent with, and a party who believe not, then wait patiently until God judges between us, for He is the best of judges
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 323 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form كَانَ appears 323 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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