Hafiz soon
Al-Mu'minun · 23:106
They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.
Sahih International
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قَالُوا۟
qālū
They (will) say
Word breakdown
قالُ
Fi'l · VerbThey (will) say
Rootقولqwl
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say
وا
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
قَالُوا۟ (They (will) say) 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