Quran 12:71: The Last Testament

They said, turning towards them: "What is it you are missing?"

12:71Verse 1677 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

قَالُوا

qālū

They said

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form قال. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

They said

Letter-by-letter reading

قَqaاāلُluوwاā

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ROOTق و ل

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“قَالُ” (qālu)means “They said” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural perfect verb.

“وا” (wā)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural subject pronoun.