And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Jūdiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."
Sahih International
وَقِيلَ
waqīla
And it was said
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
قيل
Fi'l · VerbAnd it was said
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
Grammar rules
وَقِيلَ (And it was said) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Presentوَقِيلَ (And it was said) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.
We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".
Lesson 11 · Passive & Participlesوَقِيلَ (And it was said) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles