| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-An'am Verse 157 (6:157:8) | لَكُنَّٓا | لكنا | le-kunnâ | surely we (would) have been | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or lest ye should say: "If the Book had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they." Now then hath come unto you a clear (sign)(982) from your Lord,- and a guide and a mercy: then who could do more wrong than one who rejecteth Allah.s signs, and turneth away therefrom? In good time shall We requite those who turn away from Our signs, with a dreadful penalty, for their turning away.* | |||||
| 2 | Saba Verse 31 (34:31:31) | لَكُنَّا | لكنا | le-kunnâ | certainly we (would) have been | ك و ن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it."(3834) Couldst thou but see when the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of blame)(3835) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones:(3836) "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"* | |||||