# Kef-Ye-Nun — كين (kyn)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/kyn

- **Meaning:** To submit, humble, resign.
- **Derived forms:** ٱسْتَكَانُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 146

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ ۗ — is'takānū · "they gave in"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ قَاتَلَۙ مَعَهُ رِبِّيُّونَ كَث۪يرٌۚ فَمَا وَهَنُوا لِمَٓا اَصَابَهُمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُوا وَمَا اسْتَكَانُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُحِبُّ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Wakaayyin min nabiyyin qatalamaAAahu ribbiyyoona katheerun fama wahanoo lima asabahumfee sabeeli Allahi wama daAAufoo wamaistakanoo wallahu yuhibbu assabireen

And alongside how many a prophet have fought many stoutly devout men! And they fainted not at what befell them in the cause of God; neither did they weaken, nor did they yield. And God loves the patient.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-146.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ — is'takānū · "they submit"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ اَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

Walaqad akhathnahum bilAAathabifama istakanoo lirabbihim wama yatadarraAAoon

(And We seized them with the punishment[...], but they yielded not to their Lord, nor humbled themselves.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-76.md_

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