نَكُونُ be in Arabic
نَكُونُ is how you say “be” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
قلت نكون عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يذكرنا بالجنة والنار كأنا رأي عين،
I said: 'When we are with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he reminds us of Paradise and Hell as if we see them with our own eyes.'
نَكُونُ we are
This is a present-tense 'to be', 'we are', describing a recurring state — 'we are [in the habit of being]...'. Arabic uses the present of 'be' for such habitual situations. Its subject 'we' rides in the verb.
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More example sentences
قلت يا رسول الله نكون عندك تذكرنا بالنار والجنة كأنا رأي العين،
I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, when we are with you, you remind us of Hell and Paradise as if we see them with our own eyes.'
نَكُونُ we are
Present 'to be', 'we are', for a recurring state — 'we are [in the habit of being] with you'. Arabic uses the present of 'be' for such habits. The subject 'we' is in the verb.