Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allāh and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?
Sahih International
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And will say
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
قال
Fi'l · VerbAnd will say
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
Grammar rules
وَقَالَ (And 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 & Presentوَقَالَ (And will say) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles