Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:129

They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."

Sahih International

Word 1 of 22

قَالُوٓا۟

qālū

They said

Word breakdown

قَالُ

Fi'l · Verb

They said

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

وٓا۟

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

قَالُوٓا۟ (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