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Hud · 11:91

They said, "O Shuʿayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected."

Sahih International

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قَالُوا۟

qālū

They said

Word breakdown

قالُ

Fi'l · Verb

They said

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

وا

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

قَالُوا۟ (They 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 & Present