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Nuh · Ayah 23

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And they said

وَقَالُوا۟

And they said

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

قَالُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPast

Rootقول

★★★★Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

وا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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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.

Conjunction 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.

And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'

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