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Al-Mu'minun · 23:47
They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"
Sahih International
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فَقَالُوٓا۟
faqālū
Then they said
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
قالُ
Fi'l · VerbThen they said
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
فَقَالُوٓا۟ (Then they 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