Hafiz soon
Al-Mu'minun · 23:114
He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.
Sahih International
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قَـٰلَ
qāla
He will say
Word breakdown
قل
Fi'l · VerbHe will say
Rootقولqwl
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
قَـٰلَ (He 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