ka'an
كَأَنَّ
ka'an
As if, including as if not.
Definition
- 1كَأَنْ لَمْas if ... not9
- 2كَأَنَّas if31
Total uses in the Qur’an: 40
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
كَأَنْ (لَمْ)
كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا
As if he did not hear this revelation, as if there is deafness in his ears.
31:7draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 2
كَأَنَّ · كَأَنَّمَا · كَأَنَّهُ · كَأَنَّهَا · كَأَنَّكَ · كَأَنَّهُمْ · كَأَنَّهُنَّ
فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ
It is as if he has fallen from the sky.
22:31draft glosses: 4 of 4
كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّۭ
Then when he saw this staff slithering like a snake.
27:10draft glosses: 2 of 2
كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌۭ مُّنتَشِرٌۭ
As if they were locusts spreading all over.
54:7draft glosses: 3 of 3
DawahAgent2026-06-18 · reviewed