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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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Al-An'amالأنعام(43 words)
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:70
كُن
kun— Be
verb6:73
فَيَكُونُ ۚ
fayakūnu— and it is
verb6:73
وَلِيَكُونَ
waliyakūna— so that he would be
verb6:75
لَأَكُونَنَّ
la-akūnanna— I will surely be
verb6:77
كُنتُمْ
kuntum— you
verb6:81
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:88
كُنتُمْ
kuntum— you used to
verb6:93
وَكُنتُمْ
wakuntum— and you were
verb6:93
كُنتُمْ
kuntum— you used to
verb6:94
يَكُونُ
yakūnu— can be
verb6:101
تَكُن
takun— (there) is
verb6:101
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:108
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they were
verb6:111
تَكُونَنَّ
takūnanna— be
verb6:114
كُنتُم
kuntum— you are
verb6:118
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:120
كَانَ
kāna— was
verb6:122
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they were
verb6:122
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:124
كَانُوا۟
kānū— (of what) they used to
verb6:127
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:129
كَانُوا۟
kānū— were
verb6:130
يَكُن
yakun— is
verb6:131
مَكَانَتِكُمْ
makānatikum— your position
noun6:135
تَكُونُ
takūnu— will have
verb6:135
كَانَ
kāna— is
verb6:136
كَانَ
kāna— is
verb6:136
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:138
يَكُن
yakun— is
verb6:139
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they are
verb6:140
كُنتُمْ
kuntum— you are
verb6:143
كُنتُمْ
kuntum— were you
verb6:144
يَكُونَ
yakūna— it be
verb6:145
كَانَ
kāna— he is
verb6:152
كُنَّا
kunnā— we were
verb6:156
لَكُنَّآ
lakunnā— surely we (would) have been
verb6:157
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:157
تَكُنْ
takun— (if) it had
verb6:158
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū— and become
verb6:159
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they used to
verb6:159
كَانَ
kāna— he was
verb6:161
كُنتُمْ
kuntum— you were
verb6:164
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Al-A'rafالأعراف(7 words)
يَكُن
yakun— be
verb7:2
كَانَ
kāna— was
verb7:5
كُنَّا
kunnā— were
verb7:5
كُنَّا
kunnā— were We
verb7:7
كَانُوا۟
kānū— they were
verb7:9
يَكُن
yakun— he was
verb7:11
يَكُونُ
yakūnu— it is
verb7:13