Hafiz soon
Az-Zukhruf · 43:20
And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.
Sahih International
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وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they say
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
قالُ
Fi'l · VerbAnd they 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
وَقَالُوا۟ (And they 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 & PresentConjunction وَ (and)
وَقَالُوا۟ (And they 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