Arabic vocabulary
كُونُbe in Arabic
كُونُ is how you say “be” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَلَا تَكُونُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ وَحْدَهُ
So it is only for God alone.
تَكُونُ — it is. A present 'to be' verb whose subject is left unstated and understood as 'it', referring back to worship. Arabic freely drops a clear subject, letting the verb's ending carry it. Negated here, it leads into the exception that narrows the statement to God alone.
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