| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 61 (2:61:59) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And remember ye said: "O Moses! we cannot endure one kind of food (always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of what the earth groweth, -its potherbs, and cucumbers, Its garlic, lentils, and onions." He said: "Will ye exchange the better for the worse? Go ye down to any town(74), and ye shall find what ye want!" They were covered with humiliation(75) and misery; they drew on themselves the wrath of Allah. This because they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah and slaying His Messengers without just cause. This because they rebelled and went on transgressing.* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 89 (2:89:10) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | though they used to | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And when there comes to them a Book(94) from Allah, confirming what is with them,- although from of old they had prayed for victory against those without Faith,- when there comes to them that which they (should) have recognised, they refuse to believe in it but the curse of Allah is on those without Faith.* | |||||
| 3 | Ali 'Imran Verse 112 (3:112:34) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they used to | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Shame is pitched over them(435) (Like a tent) wherever they are found, except when under a covenant (of protection) from Allah and from men; they draw on themselves wrath from Allah, and pitched over them is (the tent of) destitution. This because they rejected the Signs of Allah, and slew the prophets in defiance of right(436); this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds.* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 44 (5:44:21) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It was We who revealed the law (to Moses): therein was guidance and light(750). By its standard have been judged the Jews, by the prophets who bowed (as in Islam) to Allah.s will, by the rabbis(751) and the doctors of law: for to them was entrusted the protection of Allah.s book, and they were witnesses thereto(752): therefore fear not men, but fear me, and sell not my signs for a miserable price(753). If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) Unbelievers.* | |||||
| 5 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 78 (5:78:16) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Israel who rejected Faith, by the tongue of David(786) and of Jesus the son of Mary(787): because they disobeyed and persisted in excesses.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-An'am Verse 159 (6:159:5) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and become | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | As for those who divide(985) their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with Allah. He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did.* | |||||
| 7 | Al-A'raf Verse 133 (7:133:11) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale Death,(1090) Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly(1091) self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-A'raf Verse 136 (7:136:9) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them(1094) in the sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them.(1095)* | |||||
| 9 | Al-A'raf Verse 146 (7:146:34) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in defiance of right - them will I turn away from My signs:(1110) 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(1111) our signs, and failed to take warning from them.* | |||||
| 10 | Al-A'raf Verse 148 (7:148:21) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The people of Moses made, in his absence, out of their ornaments,(1112) the image of calf, (for worship):(1113) it seemed to low: did they(1114) not see that it could neither speak to them, nor show them the way? They took it for worship and they did wrong.* | |||||
| 11 | Yunus Verse 63 (10:63:0) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil;- | |||||
| 12 | Yunus Verse 75 (10:75:0) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh(1461) and his chiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin.* | |||||
| 13 | Hud Verse 116 (11:116:25) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced(1619) good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)?(1620) But the wrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them, and persisted in sin.* | |||||
| 14 | Yusuf Verse 20 (12:20:6) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They sold him for a miserable price, for a few dirhams(1657) counted out: in such low estimation did they hold him!(1658)* | |||||
| 15 | Yusuf Verse 57 (12:57:6) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and are | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But verily the reward of the Hereafter is the best, for those who believe, and are constant in righteousness.(1718)* | |||||
| 16 | Al-Hijr Verse 82 (15:82:1) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | And they used (to) | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Out of the mountains(2003) did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Kahf Verse 101 (18:101:8) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Unbelievers) whose eyes had been under a veil from remembrance of Me, and who had been unable even to hear.(2447)* | |||||
| 18 | Al-Anbiya Verse 73 (21:73:13) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and to practise regular charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us only).(2729)* | |||||
| 19 | Al-Anbiya Verse 90 (21:90:17) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his wife´s(2747) (Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in good works; they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble themselves before Us.* | |||||
| 20 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 46 (23:46:5) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To Pharaoh and his Chiefs: But these behaved insolently: they were an arrogant people. | |||||
| 21 | Al-Furqan Verse 18 (25:18:19) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and became | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They will say: "Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should take for protectors others besides Thee:(3073) But Thou didst bestow, on them and their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost."* | |||||
| 22 | An-Naml Verse 53 (27:53:4) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and used (to) | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We saved those who believed and practised righteousness. | |||||
| 23 | Al-'Ankabut Verse 38 (29:38:15) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | though they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Remember also) the ´Ad and the Thamud (peoples):(3459) clearly will appear to you from (the traces) of their buildings (their fate): the Evil One made their deeds alluring(3460) to them, and kept them back from the Path, though they were gifted with intelligence and skill.* | |||||
| 24 | Ar-Rum Verse 10 (30:10:11) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | In the long run evil in the extreme(3516) will be the End of those who do evil; for that they rejected the Signs of Allah, and held them up to ridicule.* | |||||
| 25 | Ar-Rum Verse 13 (30:13:7) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they will be | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | No intercessor will they have among their "Partners",(3519) and they will (themselves) reject their "Partners".* | |||||
| 26 | Ar-Rum Verse 32 (30:32:5) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and become | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who split up their Religion, and become (mere) Sects,- each party rejoicing in that which(3544) is with itself!* | |||||
| 27 | As-Sajdah Verse 24 (32:24:8) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We appointed, from among them, leaders, giving guidance(3658) under Our command, so long as they persevered with patience and continued to have faith in Our Signs.* | |||||
| 28 | Fussilat Verse 15 (41:15:23) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | But they used to | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Now the ´Ad behaved arrogantly through the land, against (all) truth and reason,(4482) and said: "Who is superior to us in strength?" What! did they not see that Allah, Who created them, was superior to them in strength? But they continued to reject Our Signs!* | |||||
| 29 | Fussilat Verse 18 (41:18:4) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and used to | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But We delivered those who believed and practised righteousness. | |||||
| 30 | Az-Zukhruf Verse 69 (43:69:4) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Being) those who have believed in Our Signs and bowed (their wills to Ours) in Islam. | |||||
| 31 | Al-Ahqaf Verse 6 (46:6:7) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | and they will be | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And when mankind are gathered together (at the Resurrection), they will be hostile to them and reject their worship (altogether)! | |||||
| 32 | Al-Waqi'ah Verse 46 (56:46:1) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | And were | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!(5244-A)* | |||||
| 33 | Al-Waqi'ah Verse 47 (56:47:1) | وَكَانُوا | وكانوا | ve kânû | And they used (to) | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones,(5245) shall we then indeed be raised up again?-* | |||||