Quran 23:47: The Last Testament

So they said, "Shall we acknowledge two humans like us, while their people are servants to us?"

23:47Verse 2741 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَقَالُٓوا

faqālū

Then 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

Then they said

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaقَqaاāلُluٓٓوwاā

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ROOTق و ل

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)This word resumes the flow after a pause or change in thought.Corpus grammarREM — prefixed rem particle.

“قَالُ” (qālu)means “Then 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.