Al-Baqarah
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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 35

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Translation

And We said

Word Breakdown

وَقُلْنَا

And We said

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

قُلْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPast
Rootقول
Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

نَاIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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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.
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.

Sahih International

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

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