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Al-Ma'idah · Ayah 79

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They had been

كَانُوا۟

They had been

كَانُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPast

Rootكون

★★★★Very common

to be, exist, happen

Lemmaكَانَ

Verb (form I) - to be

وا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

كَانُوا۟ (They had been) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

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