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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 116

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And they said

وَقَالُوا۟

And they said

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

قَالُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPast

Rootقول

★★★★Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

وا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

وَقَالُوا۟ (And they said) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

They say, "Allāh has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. All are devoutly obedient to Him,

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