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 21–40 of 1,149
- Each word opens its meaning.
And remember We took Your Covenant and We raised Above you (the towering height) Of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly To what We have given you, And hearken (to the Law)" They said: "We hear, And we disobey" And they had to drink Into their hearts (Of the taint) of the Calf Because of their Faithlessness. Say: "Vile indeed Are the behests of your Faith If ye have any faith!"
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:93 - Each word opens its meaning.
Say: "If the last Home, With God, be for you specially, And not for anyone else, Then seek ye for death, If ye are sincere."
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:94 - Each word opens its meaning.
Say: Whoever is an enemy To Gabriel—for he brings down The (revelation) to thy heart By God's will, a confirmation Of what went before, And guidance and glad tidings For those who believe,—
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:97 - Each word opens its meaning.
Whoever is an enemy to God And His angels and apostles, To Gabriel and Michael,— Lo! God is an enemy to those Who reject Faith.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:98 - Each word opens its meaning.
They followed what the evil ones Gave out (falsely) Against the power Of Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but The evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things As came down at Babylon To the angels Hārūt and Mārūt. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; So do not blaspheme." They learned from them The means to sow discord Between man and wife. But they could not thus Harm anyone except By God's permission. And they learned what harmed them, Not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers Of (magic) would have No share in the happiness Of the Hereafter. And vile Was the price for which They did sell their souls, If they but knew!
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:102 - Each word opens its meaning.
If they had kept their Faith And guarded themselves from evil, Far better had been The reward from their Lord, If they but knew!
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:103 - Each word opens its meaning.
And they say: "None Shall enter Paradise unless He be a Jew or a Christian." Those are their (vain) desires. Say: "Produce your proof If ye are truthful."
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:111 - Each word opens its meaning.
The Jews say: "The Christians Have naught (to stand) upon; And the Christians say: "The Jews have naught (To stand) upon." Yet they (Profess to) study the (same) Book. Like unto their word Is what those say who know not; But God will judge Between them in their quarrel On the Day of Judgment.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:113 - Each word opens its meaning.
And who is more unjust Than he who forbids That in places for the worship Of God, God's name should be Celebrated?—whose zeal Is (in fact) to ruin them? It was not fitting that such Should themselves enter them Except in fear. For them There is nothing but disgrace In this world, and in the world To come, an exceeding torment.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:114 - Each word opens its meaning.
To Him is due The primal origin Of the heavens and the earth: When He decreeth a matter, He saith to it: "Be," And it is.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:117 - Each word opens its meaning.
Were ye witnesses When Death appeared before Jacob? Behold, he said to his sons: "What will ye worship after me?" They said: "We shall worship Thy God and the God of thy fathers,— Of Abraham, Ismā'īl, and Isaac,— The One (True) God: To Him we bow (in Islam)."
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:133 - Each word opens its meaning.
That was a People that hath Passed away. They shall reap The fruit of what they did, And ye of what ye do! Of their merits There is no question in your case!
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:134 - Each word opens its meaning.
They say: "Become Jews Or Christians if ye would be guided (To salvation)." Say thou: "Nay! (I would rather) the Religion Of Abraham the True, And he joined not gods with God."
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:135 - Each word opens its meaning.
Or do ye say that Abraham, Ismā'īl, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Do ye know better Than God? Ah! who Is more unjust than those Who conceal the testimony They have from God? But God is not unmindful Of what ye do!
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:140 - Each word opens its meaning.
That was a people that hath Passed away. They shall reap The fruit of what they did, And ye of what ye do! Of their merits There is no question in your case:
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:141 - Each word opens its meaning.
The Fools among the people Will say: "What hath turned Them from the Qibla to which They were used?" Say: To God belong both East and West: He guideth whom He will To a Way that is straight.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:142 - Each word opens its meaning.
Thus have We made of you An Ummat justly balanced, That ye might be witnesses Over the nations, And the Apostle a witness Over yourselves; And We appointed the Qibla To which thou wast used, Only to test those who followed The Apostle from those Who would turn on their heels (From the Faith). Indeed it was (A change) momentous, except To those guided by God. And never would God Make your faith of no effect. For God is to all people Most surely full of kindness, Most Merciful.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:143 - Each word opens its meaning.
We see the turning Of thy face (for guidance) To the heavens: now Shall We turn thee To a Qibla that shall Please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction Of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn Your faces in that direction. The people of the Book Know well that that is The truth from their Lord. Nor is God unmindful Of what they do.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:144 - Each word opens its meaning.
The Truth is from thy Lord; So be not at all in doubt.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:147 - Each word opens its meaning.
To each is a goal To which God turns him; Then strive together (as in a race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, God will bring you Together, For God Hath power over all things.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:148