كانَ
Verb · 1,358 timesMeaning: you are · Also translated as: be, they were, you were, they used to
Forms in the Quran
- كَانَ ×323
- كَانُوا۟ ×229
- كُنتُمْ ×188
- وَكَانَ ×84
- كُنَّا ×63
- كُنتَ ×51
- وَّكَانُوا۟ ×35
- يَكُونَ ×35
كانَ
كان in the Quran
Meaning: you are
كان occurs 1,358 times in 1,149 verses across 86 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
- Occurrences
- 1,358
- Verses
- 1,149
- Surahs
- 86
- Root
- ك و ن
Its root in the classical dictionaries
الكاف والواو والنون أصل يدل على الإخبار عن حدوث شيء، إما في زمان ماض أو زمان راهن. يقولون: كان الشيء يكون كونا، إذا وقع وحضر. قال الله تعالى: ﴿وإن كان ذو عسرة﴾ [البقرة: 280]، أي حضر وجاء. ويقولون: قد كان الشتاء، أي جاء وحضر. وأما الماضي فقولنا: كان زيد أميرا، يريد أن ذلك كان في زمان سالف. وقال قوم: المكان اشتقاقه من…
الكون: الحدث، وقد كان كونا وكينونة؛ عن اللحياني وكراع، والكينونة في مصدر كان يكون أحسن. قال الفراء: العرب تقول في ذوات الياء مما يشبه زغت وسرت: طرت طيرورة وحدت حيدودة فيما لا يحصى من هذا الضرب، فأما ذوات الواو مثل قلت ورضت، فإنهم لا يقولون ذلك، وقد أتى عنهم في أربعة أحرف: منها الكينونة من كنت، والديمومة من دمت،…
Verses with كان
Verses 181–200 of 1,149
- Each word opens its meaning.
It was We who revealed The Law (to Moses): therein Was guidance and light.' By its standard have been judged The Jews, by the Prophets Who bowed (as in Islam) To God's Will, by the Rabbis And the Doctors of Law: For to them was entrusted The protection of God's Book, And they were witnesses thereto: Therefore fear not men, But fear Me, and sell not My Signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge By (the light of) what God Hath revealed, they are (No better than) Unbelievers.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:44 - Each word opens its meaning.
To thee We sent the Scripture In truth, confirming The scripture that came Before it, and guarding it In safety: so judge Between them by what God hath revealed, And follow not their vain Desires, diverging From the Truth that hath come To thee. To each among you Have We prescribed a Law And an Open Way. If God had so willed. He would have made you A single People, but (His Plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so strive As in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to God; It is He that will show you The truth of the matters In which ye dispute;
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:48 - Each word opens its meaning.
O ye who believe! Take not for friends And protectors those Who take your religion For a mockery or sport,— Whether among those Who received the Scripture Before you, or among those Who reject Faith; But fear ye God, If ye have Faith (indeed).
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:57 - Each word opens its meaning.
When they come to thee, They say: "We believe": But in fact they enter With a mind against Faith, And they go out With the same. But God knoweth fully All that they hide.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:61 - Each word opens its meaning.
Many of them dost thou See, racing each other In sin and rancour, And their eating of things Forbidden. Evil indeed Are the things that they do.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:62 - Each word opens its meaning.
Why do not the Rabbis And the doctors of law forbid Them from their (habit Of) uttering sinful words And eating things forbidden? Evil indeed are their works.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:63 - Each word opens its meaning.
They thought there would be No trial (or punishment); So they became blind and deaf; Yet God (in mercy) turned To them; yet again many Of them became blind and deaf. But God sees well All that they do.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:71 - Each word opens its meaning.
Christ the son of Mary Was no more than An Apostle; many were The apostles that passed away Before him. His mother Was a woman of truth. They had both to eat Their (daily) food. See how God doth make His Signs clear to them; Yet see in what ways They are deluded Away from the truth!
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:75 - Each word opens its meaning.
Curses were pronounced On those among the Children Of Israel who rejected Faith, By the tongue of David And of Jesus the son of Mary: Because they disobeyed And persisted in Excesses.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:78 - Each word opens its meaning.
Nor did they (usually) Forbid one another The iniquities which they Committed: evil indeed Were the deeds which they did.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:79 - Each word opens its meaning.
If only they had believed In God, in the Apostle, And in what hath been Revealed to him, never Would they have taken Them for friends and protectors, But most of them are Rebellious wrong-doers.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:81 - Each word opens its meaning.
When it is said to them: "Come to what God Hath revealed; come To the Apostle": They say: "Enough for us Are the ways we found Our fathers following." What! even though their fathers Were void of knowledge And guidance?
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:104 - Each word opens its meaning.
O ye who believe! Guard your own souls: If ye follow (right) guidance, No hurt can come to you From those who stray. The goal of you all Is to God: it is He That will show you The truth of all That ye do.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:105 - Each word opens its meaning.
O ye who believe! When death approaches Any of you, (take) witnesses Among yourselves when making Bequests,—two just men Of your own (brotherhood) Or others from outside If ye are journeying Through the earth, And the chance of death Befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their truth), Detain them both After prayer, and let them both Swear by God: "We wish not in this For any worldly gain, Even though the (beneficiary) Be our near relation: We shall hide not The evidence before God: If we do, then behold! The sin be upon us!"
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:106 - Each word opens its meaning.
Then will God say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour To thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee With the holy spirit, So that thou didst speak To the people in childhood And in maturity. Behold! I taught thee The Book and Wisdom, The Law and the Gospel. And behold! thou makest Out of clay, as it were, The figure of a bird, By My leave, And thou breathest into it, And it becometh a bird By My leave, And thou healest those Born blind, and the lepers, By My leave. And behold! thou Bringest forth the dead By My leave. And behold! I did Restrain the Children of Israel From (violence to) thee When thou didst show them The Clear Signs, And the unbelievers among them Said: 'This is nothing But evident magic.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:110 - Each word opens its meaning.
Behold! the Disciples said: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Can thy Lord send down to us A Table set (with viands) From heaven?" Said Jesus: "Fear God, if ye have faith."
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:112 - Each word opens its meaning.
They said: "We only wish To eat thereof and satisfy Our hearts, and to know That thou hast indeed Told us the truth; and That we ourselves may be Witnesses to the miracle."
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:113 - Each word opens its meaning.
Said Jesus the son of Mary: "O God our Lord! Send us from heaven A Table set (with viands), That there may be for us For the first and the last of us— A solemn festival And a. Sign from Thee; And provide for our sustenance, For Thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs)."
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:114 - Each word opens its meaning.
And behold! God will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, Worship me and my mother As gods in derogation of God'?" He will say: "Glory to Thee! Never could I say What I had no right (To say). Had I said Such a thing, Thou wouldst Indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is In my heart, though I Know not what is In Thine. For Thou Knowest in full All that is hidden.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:116 - Each word opens its meaning.
"Never said I to them Aught except what Thou Didst command me To say, to wit, 'Worship God, my Lord and your Lord'; And I was a witness Over them whilst I dwelt Amongst them; when thou Didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher Over them, and Thou Art a witness to all things.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:117