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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
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وَقُلْنَا
waqul'nā
And We said
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
قُلْ
Fi'l · VerbAnd We said
Rootقولqwl
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say
نا
Ism · Personal pronounus/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 & PresentConjunction 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