And those before them denied, and they [i.e., the people of Makkah] have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But they [i.e., the former peoples] denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach.
Sahih International
وَكَذَّبَ
wakadhaba
And denied
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
كذب
Fi'l · VerbAnd denied
to deny, reject; to lie, falsehood
282× in the Quran · Common
Grammar rules
وَكَذَّبَ (And denied) 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 & Presentوَكَذَّبَ (And denied) uses form II (فَعَّلَ) — the middle letter is doubled, which makes the meaning stronger or causative.
The meaning is more intense than the basic form, or means "to make someone do [action]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVوَكَذَّبَ (And denied) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles