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Al-Hijr · 15:6

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 8

وَقَالُوا۟

waqālū

And they say

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

قالُ

Fi'l · Verb

And they say

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

وَقَالُوا۟ (And they say) 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
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَقَالُوا۟ (And they say) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

Lesson 4 · Particles