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Ta-Ha · 20:94

[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"

Sahih International

Word 1 of 18

قَالَ

qāla

He said

Word breakdown

قال

Fi'l · Verb

He said

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

قَالَ (He 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