Hafiz soon
Al-Muddaththir · 74:46

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Sahih International

Word 1 of 4

وَكُنَّا

wakunnā

And we used to

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Conjunction

and

كُ

Fi'l · Verb

And we used to

Rootكونkwn

to be, exist, happen

1,390× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaكَانَVerb (form I) - to be

نَّا

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَكُنَّا (And we used to) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَكُنَّا (And we used to) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

Lesson 4 · Particles