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كَانَتِ was/is in Arabic

كَانَتِ is how you say “was/is” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَلِهَذَا كَانَت الْعِبَادَة لَا تصلح إِلَّا لله

And for this reason, worship is suitable for none but Allah.

كَانَتِ it was

This is the past tense of the verb 'to be' carrying a feminine 'it' subject, the verb Arabic uses to anchor a description in past or settled time. The feminine ending agrees with the feminine noun 'worship' that follows as its subject.

From Worship and Repentance

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