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An-Nahl · 16:51
And Allāh has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He [i.e., Allāh] is but one God, so fear only Me."
Sahih International
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۞ وَقَالَ
waqāla
And Allah has said
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
قال
Fi'l · VerbAnd Allah has said
Rootقولqwl
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
۞ وَقَالَ (And Allah has 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 & PresentConjunction وَ (and)
۞ وَقَالَ (And Allah has 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