And they say, "These animals and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them] and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him. He will punish them for what they were inventing.
Sahih International
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they say
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
قَالُ
Fi'l · VerbAnd they say
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
وا۟
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
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 & Presentوَقَالُوا۟ (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