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Yusuf · 12:44

They said, "[It is but] a mixture of false dreams, and we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams."

Sahih International

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قَالُوٓا۟

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

قَالُوٓا۟ (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