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 281–300 of 1,149
- Each word opens its meaning.
The men who rejected Shu’aib became as if They had never been In the homes where they Had flourished: the men Who rejected Shu’aib— It was they who were ruined!
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:92 - Each word opens its meaning.
If the people of the towns Had but believed and feared God, We should indeed Have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings From heaven and earth; But they rejected (the truth), And We brought them To book for their misdeeds.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:96 - Each word opens its meaning.
Such were the towns Whose story We (thus) Relate unto thee: There came indeed to them Their apostles with clear (Signs): But they would not believe What they had rejected before. Thus doth God seal up The hearts of those Who reject Faith.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:101 - Each word opens its meaning.
Then after them We sent Moses with Our Signs To Pharaoh and his chiefs, But they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end Of those who made mischief.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:103 - Each word opens its meaning.
(Pharaoh) said: "If indeed Thou hast come with a Sign, Show it forth, If thou tellest the truth."
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:106 - Each word opens its meaning.
So there came The sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, "Of course We shall have a (suitable) Reward if we win!"
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:113 - Each word opens its meaning.
They said: "O Moses! Wilt thou throw (first), Or shall we have The (first) throw?"
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:115 - Each word opens its meaning.
Thus truth was confirmed. And all that they did Was made of no effect.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:118 - Each word opens its meaning.
So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale Death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly Self-explained: but they Were steeped in arrogance,— A people given to sin.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:133 - Each word opens its meaning.
So We exacted retribution From them: We drowned them In the sea, because they Rejected Our Signs, and failed To take warning from them.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:136 - Each word opens its meaning.
And We made a people, Considered weak (and of no account), Inheritors of lands In both East and West,— Lands whereon We sent Down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord Was fulfilled for the Children Of Israel, because they had Patience and constancy, And We levelled to the ground The great Works and fine Buildings Which Pharaoh and his people Erected (with such pride).
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:137 - Each word opens its meaning.
"As to these folk,— The cult they are in Is (but) a fragment of a ruin, And vain is the (worship) Which they practise."
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:139 - Each word opens its meaning.
(God) said: "O Moses! I have chosen thee Above (other) men, By the mission I (have Given thee) and the words I (have spoken to thee): Take then the (revelation) Which I give thee, And be of those Who give thanks."
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:144 - Each word opens its meaning.
Those who behave arrogantly On the earth in defiance Of right—them will I Turn away from My Signs: Even if they see all the Signs, They will not believe in them; And if they see the way Of right conduct, they will Not adopt it as the Way; But if they see the way Of error, that is The Way they will adopt. For they have rejected Our Signs, and failed To take warning from them.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:146 - Each word opens its meaning.
Those who reject Our Signs And the Meeting in the Hereafter,— Vain are their deeds: Can they expect to be rewarded Except as they have wrought?
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:147 - Each word opens its meaning.
The people of Moses made, In his absence, out of their ornaments, The image of a calf, (for worship): It seemed to low: did they Not see that it could Neither speak to them, nor Show them the Way? They took it for worship And they did wrong.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:148 - Each word opens its meaning.
When they repented, and saw That they had erred, They said: "if our Lord Have not mercy upon us And forgive us, we shall Indeed be of those who perish."
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:149 - Each word opens its meaning.
"Those who follow the Apostle, The unlettered Prophet, Whom they find mentioned In their own (Scriptures),— In the Law and the Gospel;— For he commands them What is just and forbids them What is evil; he allows Them as lawful what is good (And pure) and prohibits them From what is bad (and impure); He releases them From their heavy burdens And from the yokes That are upon them. So it is those who believe In him, honour him, Help him, and follow the Light Which is sent down with him,— It is they who will prosper."
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:157 - Each word opens its meaning.
We divided them into twelve Tribes Or nations. We directed Moses by inspiration, When his (thirsty) people asked Him for water: "Strike the rock With thy staff": out of it There gushed forth twelve springs: Each group knew its own place For water. We gave them The shade of clouds, and sent Down to them manna and quails, (Saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (But they rebelled); to Us They did no harm, but They harmed their own souls.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:160 - Each word opens its meaning.
But the transgressors among them Changed the word from that Which had been given them So we sent on them A plague from heaven. For that they repeatedly transgressed.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:162