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Ash-Shu'ara · 26:23

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

Sahih International

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قَالَ

qāla

Firaun said

Word breakdown

قال

Fi'l · Verb

Firaun said

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

قَالَ (Firaun 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