كُونَ be in Arabic
كُونَ is how you say “be” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَلَا غَرَابَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ الْمُصَنِّفَيْنِ فِي الإِسْلَامِ،
So it is no surprise that he was among the most prolific authors in Islam,
يَكُونَ he was
A present-form verb in the subjunctive shape forced by the particle before it, with its 'he' subject built in. Although the meaning is past ('that he was'), Arabic uses this present-subjunctive after the particle and lets the context supply the past sense.
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More example sentences
فَكَيْفَ يَصِحُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَمَا كَانَ؟
So how can it still be as it was?!
يَكُونَ it be
This 'to be' verb sits in its subjunctive shape because of the particle before it; the changed ending marks the being-as-before as a mere possibility under question, not a fact.