Hafiz soon
Nuh · 71:23
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'
Sahih International
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وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they said
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
قَالُ
Fi'l · VerbAnd they said
Rootقولqwl
to say, speak, tell
1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common
LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say
وا۟
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَقَالُوا۟ (And 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 & PresentConjunction وَ (and)
وَقَالُوا۟ (And they said) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles