Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Yusuf · 12:45

But the one who was freed and remembered after a time said, "I will inform you of its interpretation, so send me forth."

Sahih International

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وَقَالَ

waqāla

But said

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

قال

Fi'l · Verb

But said

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

Past tense verb

وَقَالَ (But said) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَقَالَ (But said) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.