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Fussilat · 41:21

And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allāh, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

Sahih International

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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