The word(s) "was" appears 409 time(s) in 356 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Pickthal translation.

(151) And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.

(152) And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn.

(153) Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting? Lo! thy Lord is indeed Full of Pity, Merciful.

(154) That which ye have wasteth away, and that which Allah hath remaineth. And verily We shall pay those who are steadfast a recompense in proportion to the best of what they used to do.

(155) Lo! Abraham was a nation obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the idolaters;

(156) And afterward We inspired thee (Muhammad, saying): Follow the religion of Abraham, as one by nature upright. He was not of the idolaters.

(157) The Sabbath was appointed only for those who differed concerning it, and lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to differ.

(158) (They were) the seed of those whom We carried (in the ship) along with Noah. Lo! he was a grateful slave.

(159) So when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a threat performed.

(160) (Saying): If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in like manner). So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first time, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter wasting.