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Al-An'am · 6:37

And they say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "Indeed, Allāh is Able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know."

Sahih International

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وَقَالُوا۟

waqālū

And they said

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Resumption particle

and

قَالُ

Fi'l · Verb

And they said

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

وا۟

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَقَالُوا۟ (And they said) 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