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 981–1,000 of 1,149
- Each word opens its meaning.
"This Our Record speaks About you with truth: For We were wont To put on record All that ye did."
Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:29 - Each word opens its meaning.
But as to those who Rejected God, (to them Will be said): "Were not Our Signs rehearsed to you? But ye were arrogant, And were a people Given to sin!
Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:31 - Each word opens its meaning.
Then will appear to them The evil (fruits) of what They did, and they will be Completely encircled by that Which they used to mock at!
Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:33 - Each word opens its meaning.
Say: "Do ye see What it is ye invoke Besides God? Show me What it is they Have created on earth, Or have they a share In the heavens? Bring me a Book (Revealed) before this, Or any remnant of knowledge (Ye may have), if ye Are telling the truth!
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:4 - Each word opens its meaning.
And when mankind Are gathered together (At the Resurrection), They will be hostile To them and reject Their worship (altogether)!
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:6 - Each word opens its meaning.
Say: "I am no bringer Of new-fangled doctrine Among the apostles, nor Do I know what will Be done with me or With you. I follow But that which is revealed To me by inspiration; I am but a Warner Open and clear."
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:9 - Each word opens its meaning.
Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be From God, and ye reject it, And a witness from among The Children of Israel testifies To its similarity (With earlier scripture), And has believed While ye are arrogant, (How unjust ye are!) Truly, God guides not A people unjust."
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:10 - Each word opens its meaning.
The Unbelievers say Of those who believe: "If (this Message) were A good thing, (such men) Would not have gone To it first, before us!" And seeing that they Guide not themselves thereby, They will say, "This is An (old,) old falsehood!"
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:11 - Each word opens its meaning.
Such shall be Companions Of the Garden, dwelling Therein (for aye): a recompense For their (good) deeds.
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:14 - Each word opens its meaning.
Such are they from whom We shall accept the best Of their deeds and pass by Their ill deeds: (they shall Be) among the Companions Of the Garden: a promise! Of truth, which was Made to them (In this life).
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:16 - Each word opens its meaning.
Such are they against whom Is proved the Sentence Among the previous generations Of Jinns and men, that have Passed away; for they will Be (utterly) lost.
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:18 - Each word opens its meaning.
And on the Day that The Unbelievers will be Placed before the Fire, (It will be said to them): "Ye received your good things In the life of the world, And ye took your pleasure Out of them: but to-day Shall ye be recompensed With a Penalty of humiliation: For that ye were arrogant On earth without just cause, And that ye (ever) transgressed."
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:20 - Each word opens its meaning.
They said: "Hast thou come In order to turn us aside From our gods? Then bring Upon us the (calamity) With which thou dost Threaten us, if thou Art telling the truth!"
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:22 - Each word opens its meaning.
And We had firmly established Them in a (prosperity and) power Which We have not given To you (ye Quraish!) And We had endowed them With (faculties of) Hearing, seeing, heart and intellect But of no profit to them Were their (faculties of) Hearing, sight, and heart And intellect, when they Went on rejecting the Signs Of God; and they were (Completely) encircled By that which they Used to mock at!
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:26 - Each word opens its meaning.
Why then was no help Forthcoming to them from those Whom they worshipped as gods, Besides God, as a means Of access (to God)? Nay, They left them in the lurch: But that was their Falsehood and their invention.
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:28 - Each word opens its meaning.
And on the Day that The Unbelievers will be Placed before the Fire, (They will be asked,) Is this not the Truth?" They will say, "Yea, By our Lord!" (One will say:) "Then taste ye The Penalty, for that ye Were wont to deny (Truth)!"
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:34 - Each word opens its meaning.
Do they not travel Through the earth, and see What was the End Of those before them (Who did evil)? God brought utter destruction On them, and similar (Fates await) those who Reject God.
Surah Muhammad, verse 47:10 - Each word opens its meaning.
Is then one who is On a clear (Path) From his Lord, No better than one To whom the evil Of his conduct seems pleasing, And such as follow Their own lusts?
Surah Muhammad, verse 47:14 - Each word opens its meaning.
Were it to obey And say what is just, And when a matter Is resolved on, it were Best for them if they Were true to God.
Surah Muhammad, verse 47:21 - Each word opens its meaning.
Behold, ye are those Invited to spend (Of your substance) In the Way of God: But among you are some That are niggardly. But any Who are niggardly are so At the expense of Their own souls. But God is free Of all wants, And it is ye that are needy. If ye turn back (From the Path), He will Substitute in your stead Another people; then they Would not be like you!
Surah Muhammad, verse 47:38