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Ghafir · Ayah 36

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And said

وَقَالَ

And said

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

قالFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPast

Rootقول

★★★★Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

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Past tense verb

وَقَالَ (And said) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَقَالَ (And said) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

And Pharaoh said, "O Hāmān, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways -

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