Al-A'raf
7:140

Al-A'raf · Ayah 140

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Translation

He said

Word Breakdown

قَالَ

He said

Word Breakdown

قَالَFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootقول
Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
قَالَ (He said) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

He said, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

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