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Ghafir · 40:11

They will say, "Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice and gave us life twice, and we have confessed our sins. So is there to an exit any way?"

Sahih International

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قَالُوا۟

qālū

They (will) say

Word breakdown

قالُ

Fi'l · Verb

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

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