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Maryam · 19:20

She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

Sahih International

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قَالَتْ

qālat

She said

Word breakdown

قالتْ

Fi'l · Verb

She said

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

قَالَتْ (She 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