Quran 43:58: The Last Testament

They said, "Are our gods better or is he?" They only cited this to argue with you. Indeed, they are a quarrelsome people.

43:58Verse 4422 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَقَالُٓوا

waqālū

And 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

And they said

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaقَqaاāلُluٓٓوwاā

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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

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“قَالُ” (qālu)means “And 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.