| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An-Nisa Verse 97 (4:97:11) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | We were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their souls,(615) they say: "In what (plight) Were ye?" They reply: "Weak and oppressed Were we in the earth." They say: "Was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (From evil)?" Such men will find their abode in Hell,- What an evil refuge! -* | |||||
| 2 | Al-An'am Verse 23 (6:23:11) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them(851) but to say: "By Allah our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with Allah."* | |||||
| 3 | Al-An'am Verse 156 (6:156:11) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Lest ye should say: "The Book was sent down to two Peoples before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted(981) with all that they learned by assiduous study:"* | |||||
| 4 | Al-A'raf Verse 5 (7:5:11) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."(992)* | |||||
| 5 | Al-A'raf Verse 7 (7:7:5) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | were We | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place).(994)* | |||||
| 6 | Al-A'raf Verse 43 (7:43:18) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;-(1021) beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah. indeed it was the truth, that the messengers of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made(1022) its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)."* | |||||
| 7 | Al-A'raf Verse 53 (7:53:29) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we used to | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do they just wait for the final fulfilment(1030) of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-A'raf Verse 88 (7:88:21) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The leaders, the arrogant party among his people, said:(1058) "O Shu´aib! we shall certainly drive thee out of our city - (thee) and those who believe with thee; or else ye (thou and they) shall have to return to our ways and religion." He said: "What! even though we do detest (them)?* | |||||
| 9 | Al-A'raf Verse 113 (7:113:9) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, "of course we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!"(1079)* | |||||
| 10 | Al-A'raf Verse 172 (7:172:0) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When thy Lord drew forth(1146) from the Children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains you)?"- They said: "Yea! We do testify!"(1147) (This), lest ye should say on the Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful":* | |||||
| 11 | Al-A'raf Verse 173 (7:173:0) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | and we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?"(1148)* | |||||
| 12 | At-Tawbah Verse 65 (9:65:0) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If thou dost question them, they declare (with emphasis): "We were only talking idly and in play." Say: "Was it at Allah, and His Signs, and His Messenger, that ye were mocking?" | |||||
| 13 | Yunus Verse 29 (10:29:0) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Enough is Allah for a witness between us and you: we certainly knew nothing of your worship of us!"(1419)* | |||||
| 14 | Yunus Verse 61 (10:61:0) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | We are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion thou mayest be reciting from the Qur´an,- and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be doing,- We are witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these things but are recorded in a clear Record.(1450)* | |||||
| 15 | Yusuf Verse 17 (12:17:18) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "O our father! We went racing with one another,(1649) and left Joseph with our things; and the wolf devoured him.... But thou wilt never believe us even though we tell the truth."(1650)* | |||||
| 16 | Yusuf Verse 73 (12:73:11) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (The brothers) said: "By Allah. well ye know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"(1738)* | |||||
| 17 | Yusuf Verse 81 (12:81:16) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Turn ye back to your father, and say, ´O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen!(1754)* | |||||
| 18 | Yusuf Verse 82 (12:82:4) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "´Ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in which we returned, and (you will find) we are indeed telling the truth.´"(1755)* | |||||
| 19 | Yusuf Verse 91 (12:91:8) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we have been | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "By Allah. indeed has Allah preferred thee above us, and we certainly have been guilty of sin!"(1767)* | |||||
| 20 | Yusuf Verse 97 (12:97:8) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | have been | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for we were truly at fault." | |||||
| 21 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 5 (13:5:6) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith), strange is their saying: "When we are (actually) dust,(1808) shall we indeed then be in a creation renewed?" They are those who deny their Lord! They are those round whose necks will be yokes (of servitude):(1809) they will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for aye)!* | |||||
| 22 | Ibrahim Verse 21 (14:21:9) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They will all be marshalled before Allah together: then will the weak say to those(1895) who were arrogant, "For us, we but followed you; can ye then avail us to all against the wrath of Allah." They will reply, "If we had received the Guidance(1896) of Allah, we should have given it to you: to us it makes no difference (now) whether we rage, or bear (these torments) with patience: for ourselves there is no way of escape."* | |||||
| 23 | An-Nahl Verse 28 (16:28:9) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of wrong-doing to their own souls."(2051) Then would they offer submission (with the pretence), "We did(2052) no evil (knowingly)." (The angels will reply), "Nay, but verily Allah knoweth all that ye did;* | |||||
| 24 | An-Nahl Verse 86 (16:86:11) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we used to | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When those who gave partners to Allah will see their "partners", they will say: "Our Lord! these are our ´partners,´ those whom we used to invoke(2124) besides Thee." But they will throw back their word at them (and say): "Indeed ye are liars!"* | |||||
| 25 | Al-Isra Verse 15 (17:15:17) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | We | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: who goeth astray doth so to his own loss:(2190) No bearer of burdens can bear the burden(2191) of another: nor would We visit with Our Wrath until We had sent a messenger (to give warning).* | |||||
| 26 | Al-Isra Verse 49 (17:49:3) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"(2234)* | |||||
| 27 | Al-Isra Verse 98 (17:98:8) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | That is their recompense, because they rejected Our signs, and said, "When we are reduced to bones and broken dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new Creation?"(2304)* | |||||
| 28 | Al-Kahf Verse 64 (18:64:4) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Moses said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come). | |||||
| 29 | Al-Anbiya Verse 14 (21:14:5) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrongdoers!" | |||||
| 30 | Al-Anbiya Verse 17 (21:17:10) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | We were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely have taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a thing)!(2677)* | |||||
| 31 | Al-Anbiya Verse 46 (21:46:11) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | [we] were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will then say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!" | |||||
| 32 | Al-Anbiya Verse 51 (21:51:7) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | and We were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude(2712) of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him.(2713)* | |||||
| 33 | Al-Anbiya Verse 78 (21:78:12) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | and We were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by night: We did witness their judgment. | |||||
| 34 | Al-Anbiya Verse 79 (21:79:13) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | And We were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To Solomon We inspired(2732) the (right) understanding of the matter: to each (of them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was Our power that made the hills and the birds celebrate Our praises(2733) with David: it was We Who did (all these things).* | |||||
| 35 | Al-Anbiya Verse 81 (21:81:11) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | And We are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flow (tamely) for Solomon,(2736) to his order, to the land(2737) which We had blessed: for We do know all things.* | |||||
| 36 | Al-Anbiya Verse 82 (21:82:10) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | And We were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And of the evil ones, were some who dived for him, and did other work(2738) besides; and it was We Who guarded them.* | |||||
| 37 | Al-Anbiya Verse 97 (21:97:13) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we had been | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold! the eyes of the Unbelievers will(2754) fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!"* | |||||
| 38 | Al-Anbiya Verse 97 (21:97:19) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold! the eyes of the Unbelievers will(2754) fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!"* | |||||
| 39 | Al-Anbiya Verse 104 (21:104:15) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | We are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce(2758) a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it.* | |||||
| 40 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 17 (23:17:7) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | We are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We have made, above you, seven tracts;(2876) and We are never unmindful of (our) Creation.(2877)* | |||||
| 41 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 30 (23:30:6) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | We are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Verily in this there are Signs (for men to understand); (thus) do We try (men).(2893)* | |||||
| 42 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 82 (23:82:4) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | and become | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we really be raised up again? | |||||
| 43 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 106 (23:106:6) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | and we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They will say: "our Lord! Our misfortune overwhelmed us,(2945) and we became a people astray!* | |||||
| 44 | Ash-Shu'ara Verse 41 (26:41:10) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of course - shall we have a (suitable) reward(3161) if we win?* | |||||
| 45 | Ash-Shu'ara Verse 97 (26:97:3) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "´By Allah, we were truly in an error manifest,(3183)* | |||||
| 46 | Ash-Shu'ara Verse 209 (26:209:3) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | We are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | By way of reminder; and We never are unjust.(3231)* | |||||
| 47 | An-Naml Verse 42 (27:42:13) | وَكُنَّا | وكنا | ve kunnâ | and we have been | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So when she arrived, she was asked, "Is this thy throne?" She said, "It was just like this;(3279) and knowledge was bestowed on us in advance of this, and we have submitted to Allah (in Islam)."* | |||||
| 48 | An-Naml Verse 67 (27:67:5) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | we have become | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Unbelievers say: "What! when we become dust,- we and our fathers,- shall we really be raised (from the dead)? | |||||
| 49 | Al-Qasas Verse 45 (28:45:17) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | [We] were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But We raised up (new) generations, and long were the ages(3377) that passed over them; but thou wast not a dweller among the people of Madyan, rehearsing Our Signs to them; but it is We Who send messengers (with inspiration).(3378)* | |||||
| 50 | Al-Qasas Verse 53 (28:53:12) | كُنَّا | كنا | kunnâ | [we] were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And when it is recited to them, they say: "We believe therein, for it is the Truth from our Lord: indeed we have been Muslims (bowing to Allah.s Will) from before this.(3385)* | |||||