Hafiz soon
As-Saffat · 37:20

They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

Sahih International

Word 1 of 5

وَقَالُوا۟

waqālū

And they will say

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

قالُ

Fi'l · Verb

And they will say

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

وا

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَقَالُوا۟ (And 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
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَقَالُوا۟ (And they 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