Hafiz soon
Ya-Sin · 36:52
They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?" [The reply will be], "This is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."
Sahih International
Word 1 of 12
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They [will] say
Word breakdown
قالُ
Fi'l · VerbThey [will] say
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
قَالُوا۟ (They [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 & Present