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Al-A'raf · 7:70
They said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allāh alone and leave what our fathers have worshipped? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."
Sahih International
Word 1 of 17
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
Word breakdown
قَالُ
Fi'l · VerbThey said
Rootقولqwl
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say
وٓا۟
Ism · Personal pronounthem/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