Saba
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Saba · Ayah 19

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Translation

But they said

Word Breakdown

فَقَالُوا۟

But they said

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

قالُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootقول
Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

واIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
فَقَالُوا۟ (But they said) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

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