The Meanings of the Word (Kana)

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[The Meanings of the Word (Kana)]

His Eminence the Shaykh:

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَاداً

[Al-Naba:21], the word (Kana) frequently appears in the Sunnah: (Whoever defends the honor of his brother, it is a right upon Allah to save him from the Fire), so what are the meanings of this word?
The answer to that is that (Kana) sometimes refers to past time, such as when you say: (This man was sick, then he recovered), and sometimes it refers to the verification of the report,Such as the saying of Allah the Exalted:

And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَحِيماً

[Al-Nisa:96], does the meaning of:

And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَحِيماً

[Al-Nisa:96] imply that it was so in the past and is not so now? No, but the intended meaning is the verification of this report and description,And likewise His saying, the Exalted:

was a place of watching

كَانَتْ مِرْصَاداً

[Al-Naba:21], this meaning can be intended, namely the verification of its being a watchtower, or the intended meaning can be the reality of time, meaning it has been a watchtower for the tyrants from now and before now.

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