كُونُوا be in Arabic
كُونُوا is how you say “be” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
ولا تدابروا، وكونوا عباد الله إخوانًا كما أمركم
And do not turn away from one another, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers as He commanded you.
وَكُونُوا and be
This is wa- (and) attached to a command form of the verb 'to be', addressed to a group, so it instructs 'and be...'. Arabic has a direct command shape for 'be', and the plural addressee is built into the ending; what they are told to become is named by the words that follow.
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وفي رواية لا تحاسدوا، ولا تباغضوا، ولا تجسسوا، ولا تحسسوا ولا تناجشوا وكونوا عباد الله إخوانًا
And in a version: 'Do not envy, do not hate, do not spy, do not look for faults, do not artificially raise bids, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers.'
وَكُونُوا and be
This is wa- (and) on the command form of 'to be', addressed to a group, 'and be...'. Arabic has a direct command shape for 'be', with the plural addressee built into the ending; what they should become follows.