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Al-A'raf · 7:23
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."
Sahih International
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قَالَا
qālā
Both of them said
Word breakdown
قَالَ
Fi'l · VerbBoth of them said
Rootقولqwl
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say
ا
Ism · Personal pronounthem two/their
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present