Al-Baqarah
2:167

Al-Baqarah · Ayah 167

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Translation

And said

Word Breakdown

وَقَالَ

And said

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

قَالَFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootقول
Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَقَالَ (And said) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

Those who followed will say, "If only we had another turn [at worldly life] so we could disassociate ourselves from them as they have disassociated themselves from us." Thus will Allāh show them their deeds as regrets upon them. And they are never to emerge from the Fire.

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