56:46

Al-Waqi'ah · Ayah 46

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And were

وَكَانُوا۟

And were

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

كانُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPast

Rootكون

★★★★Very common

to be, exist, happen

Lemmaكَانَ

Verb (form I) - to be

واIsm · 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

وَكَانُوا۟ (And were) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَكَانُوا۟ (And were) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

And they used to persist in the great violation,

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