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Al-Isra · 17:104

And We said after him [i.e., Pharaoh] to the Children of Israel, "Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise [i.e., appointment] of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering."

Sahih International

Word 1 of 14

وَقُلْنَا

waqul'nā

And We said

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

قُلْ

Fi'l · Verb

And We said

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

نا

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَقُلْنَا (And We 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
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَقُلْنَا (And We 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