TAḤLĪL DALĀLAT KĀNA WA-AKHAWĀTUHĀ FĪ SŪRAT AL-BAQARAH [ANALYZING THE SEMANTIC OF KĀNA WA AKHAWĀTUHĀ IN SŪRAH AL-BAQARAH]

The study focuses to the significance of the semantic of al-Nawāsikh in sūrah al-Baqarah. The study raised some questions includin of what is the meaning of the semantic? What is the meaning of Kāna wa akhawātuhā? Which are the most commonly used in sūrah al-Baqarah? The study aims to identify some of the semantic of al-Nawāsikh, then apply them to sūrah al-Baqarah and clarify the semantic through an analytical study and reveal the results reached by the study. The research followed three approaches - inductive, descriptive and analytical, to extrapolate the data related to the conditions of verbs and nouns, then the descriptive approach to describe this data. As for the analytical approach, it is in analyzing the data reached by the research. The research reached several results, including that the semantic of al-Nawāsikh differ from one verse to another according to what the context requires, as well as the deviation of some verbs from their significances according to the context. At the end of this study, the research recommends the necessity of expanding research into the chapter on al-Nawāsikh and its implications in the al-Qur’ān, given the great importance it represents in understanding the intended meaning of the al-Qur’ān text and the resulting legal rulings that affect the daily life of the Muslim. The study contributes to clarifying the semantic of al-Nawāsikh and the correct ways of using them in the al-Qur’ān, which leads to the development of the Arabic language as the language of Islamic civilization.