Al-A'raf
7:23

Al-A'raf · Ayah 23

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Translation

Both of them said

Word Breakdown

قَالَا

Both of them said

Word Breakdown

قَالَFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineDualPast
Rootقول
Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

اIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine dual)

them two/their

3rd personMasculineDual

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
قَالَا (Both of them 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

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

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