كون

k-w-n

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Description

The Arabic root k-w-n fundamentally conveys the concept of being, existing, or coming into being, making it one of the most philosophically significant roots in the Quran. Its central verb form كان (kana) serves as the primary past tense copula meaning "to be" or "to exist," while the command كن (kun - "Be!") represents Allah's creative power to bring things into existence instantaneously, as famously expressed in the phrase "Be, and it is." This root's extensive use throughout the Quran underscores core theological themes of divine creation, the nature of existence, transformation of states, and the contrast between what was, what is, and what will come to be in both this world and the hereafter.

Derived Words in the Quran

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As-Saffatالصافات(17 words)

كُنتُمْ

kuntum— [you] used (to)

تَكُونُوا۟

takūnū— you were

كَانَ

kāna— was

كُنتُمْ

kuntum— you were

كُنَّا

kunnā— were

كَانُوٓا۟

kānū— were

كُنتُمْ

kuntum— you used to

كَانَ

kāna— had

وَكُنَّا

wakunnā— and become

لَكُنتُ

lakuntu— certainly, I (would) have been

كَانَ

kāna— was

فَكَانُوا۟

fakānū— so they became

فَكَانَ

fakāna— and was

كَانَ

kāna— was

كُنتُمْ

kuntum— you are

كَانُوا۟

kānū— they used to

لَكُنَّا

lakunnā— Certainly, we (would) have been

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Sadص(4 words)

كُنَّا

kunnā— we used to

كَانَ

kāna— is

وَكَانَ

wakāna— and became

كُنتَ

kunta— are you

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Az-Zumarالزمر(18 words)

كُنتُمْ

kuntum— you used to

verb39:7

كَانَ

kāna— he used to call

verb39:8

أَكُونَ

akūna— I be

كُنتُمْ

kuntum— you used to

كَانُوا۟

kānū— they

كَانُوا۟

kānū— they used to

مَكَانَتِكُمْ

makānatikum— your position

كَانُوا۟

kānū— they were

كَانُوا۟

kānū— they used to

يَكُونُوا۟

yakūnū— they had

كَانُوا۟

kānū— they used to

كَانُوا۟

kānū— they used to

كُنتُ

kuntu— I was

لَكُنتُ

lakuntu— surely, I (would) have been

فَأَكُونَ

fa-akūna— then I could be

وَكُنتَ

wakunta— and you were

وَلَتَكُونَنَّ

walatakūnanna— and you will surely be

وَكُن

wakun— and be

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Ghafirغافر(11 words)

كَانَ

kāna— was

verb40:5

كَانَ

kāna— was

كَانُوا۟

kānū— were

كَانُوا۟

kānū— They were

كَانَ

kāna— was

كَانَت

kānat— used to come to them

يَكُ

yaku— he is

يَكُ

yaku— he is

كُنَّا

kunnā— [we] were

تَكُ

taku— Did there not

كَانُوا۟

kānū— were

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