فَقَالَsaid

Example sentences

• وأقسم على كون القرآن حقًا وصدقًا فقال ﴿إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ﴾

  And He swore that the Quran is true and real, saying, 'Indeed, it is a decisive word, and it is not light talk.'

  فَقَالَ — so he said. A past-tense verb 'he said' with the doer built in and a leading particle marking it as the next step. It introduces the quotation that follows.

  From: Oaths of Provision →

• فَقَالَ يَا أَصْبِيَّةُ اُخْرُجِي اُنْظُرِي مِنْ هَذَا

  He said, "O maid, come out and see who this is."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The attached 'so' prefix on the past-tense 'said', sequencing the speech after the knock. The prefix chains the saying onto the preceding event as the next step.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قُولِي لَهُ يَدْخُلْ وَحْدَهُ

  So Muhammad ibn Sulayman said, "Tell him to enter alone."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The attached 'so' prefix on past-tense 'said', sequencing this speech after the prior turn. The prefix marks the saying as the next step in the exchange.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• فَقَالَ مَا لِي إِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْكَ اِمْتَلَأْتُ رُعْبًا

  He said, "What is the matter with me? When I looked at you, I was filled with terror."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The attached 'so' prefix on past-tense 'said', sequencing the speech in the exchange. The prefix marks it as the next step.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• فَقَالَ حَمَّادُ سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتًا يَعْنِي الْبَنَّانِي

  Hammad said, "I heard Thabit, meaning al-Bannani."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The attached 'so' prefix on past-tense 'said', sequencing the report. The prefix marks it as the next step in the chain of narration.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ فِي رَجُلٍ لَهُ ابْنَانِ

  He said, "What do you say, may God have mercy on you, about a man who has two sons?"

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The attached 'so' prefix on past-tense 'said', sequencing the speech. The prefix marks it as the next turn in the exchange.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• فَقَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ

  So he said, "There is no god but Allah."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The front fa- ties this saying to the preceding command, giving a 'so then he said' resultative flow rather than a plain 'and'. The verb beneath it is a completed-action 'he said' with its subject built in. Together they show the speech as the direct response to what came just before.

  From: A Mother's Forgiveness →

• فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَهُ بِي مِنَ النَّارِ

  So the Messenger of Allah said, "Praise be to Allah, who saved him through me from the Fire."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The front fa- knits this clause to the foregoing event, carrying a 'so / thereupon he said' sequencing force. Beneath it is a completed-action 'he said' with its 'he' subject built in. It marks the saying as the next beat in the narrative, flowing out of what came before.

  From: A Mother's Forgiveness →

• هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ضَعُوا لِي مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ

  They were waiting for you, O Messenger of Allah, so he said, "Put water for me in the basin."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The fa- resumes the main narrative, 'so he said', after the inserted address. The completed past verb of speaking carries 'he' inside.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ

  The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me, O Abu Huraira, what has your captive done?

  فَقَالَ — so he said. A past-tense 'said' with its 'he' subject built in; the opening 'fa-' advances the narrative to the Prophet's question. It frames the coming speech and waits for an explicit subject and addressee to follow.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• فَمَا مَلَكَ عُمَرُ نَفْسَهُ فَقَالَ

  Umar could not restrain himself, so he said:

  فَقَالَ — so he said. A connector 'so' prefixed to a past verb 'said', marking that the speaking follows from his loss of restraint; the verb's default shape supplies a single male 'he'. The one word links the clause and supplies its doer.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• فَقَالَ لَا تَحْزَنْ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا

  So he said, "Do not be sad; Allah is with us."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The 'fa-' (so/then) advances the story, fused onto a past speech-verb whose 'he' subject is built in, giving 'so he said'. It frames the reassurance as the response to the narrator's news. The third-person masculine doer rides inside the verb's shape.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →

• فَقَالَ إِنَّي أَرَاكُمَا قَدْ دَعَوْتُمَا عَلَيَّ فَادْعُوا لِي،

  So he said, "I see that you two have prayed against me, so pray for me."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The fa- chains this speech to what came before, carrying a sense of 'and so'. The verb is a plain past 'he said', the doer folded into its ending and understood from context.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →

• فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ

  When he went out, I asked him, and he said.

  فَقَالَ — so he said. A chaining fa- ('and so') on the reporting verb 'said', single-male subject built in; it introduces his reply as the next link. This fa-on-'said' recurs to push the dialogue forward.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• فَقَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا اَلْلَّبَنُ

  He said, "Where did this milk come from?"

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The 'fa-' connector introduces the speech as the next step, 'so he said'; the body is the past 'said' with 'he' inside. It ties the question to the discovery of the milk. The connector marks succession into the reported speech.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• فَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اِصْبِرُوا وَصَابِرُوا وَرَابِطُوا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَفْلَحُونَ

  Allah, the Exalted, said: O you who have believed, be patient, persevere, keep watch at your posts, and fear Allah, so that you may succeed.

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The fa- prefix sequences this speech onto the prior thought, and the verb is a completed-action 'said'. It introduces the quotation that follows.

  From: Patience and God's Help →

• فَقَالَ الآخَرُ لَكِنِّي مَعَ رَجُلٍ إِنْ أَكَلَ لَمْ يَسْمِ اللَّهَ فَأَكَلْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ جَمِيعًا

  The other said, 'But I am with a man; if he eats without saying the name of God, then I and he eat together.'

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The 'fa-' moves the dialogue to the second speaker, and the verb is past-tense 'said' with its 'he' subject built in, introducing the reply.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →

• اِحْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَىٰ فَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ

  Adam and Moses presented an argument, and Moses said:

  فَقَالَ — so he said. The fa- here means 'so/then', marking sequence, and fronts a past-tense verb, 'said', with its 'he' subject. The prefix orders this as the next step after the dispute is set up, introducing the speech of the one named next.

  From: Patience Under Decree →

• وَقَدْ لَخَّصَهَا الشَّيْخُ عَلِيُّ الْطَنْطَاوِي فِي مُقَدِّمَةِ طَبْعَتِهِ لِصَيْدِ الْخَاطِرِ فَقَالَ

  Sheikh Ali al-Tantawi had summarized it in the preface to his edition of Sayd al-Khatir and said:

  فقال — so he said:. This fuses a 'so/then' connector to a past verb 'said', marking the speech as the next step and introducing the quotation. The 'so' chains the saying to the summarizing just described.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →

• فَقَالَ اِغْرِبْ يَا أَحْمَقَ

  He said, "Get out, you fool."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. This verb is fronted by an attached 'so/then' marking the reply as a consequence of what preceded, with its 'he' subject built in. The joined particle gives the saying its in-sequence feel. The verb supplies 'said'.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الذَّنْبُ لَنَا فَقَدْ اِسْتَغْفَرْنَاكَ،

  He said, "If the sin is ours, then indeed we sought your forgiveness."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. This verb is fronted by an attached 'so/then' marking the reply as a consequence, with its 'he' subject built in. The joined particle gives the saying its in-sequence feel. The verb supplies 'said'.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• فَقَالَ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ أَمَّا تَرَى أَسَانِيدَهَا؟

  So he said to him, "Woe to you! Do you not see its chains of transmission?"

  فَقَالَ — so he said. Front fa- chains this onto the prior clause with a 'and so' sense; the rest is a past-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in. It introduces the reply that follows, so connector, action, subject, and speech-opening all sit in one word.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →

• فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أَضَاقَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الْمَرْعَى،

  He said, "Indeed, the pasture has become too narrow for him."

  فَقَالَ — so he said. Front fa- chains this onto the prior clause with a 'and so' sense; the rest is a past-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, opening the reply. So connector, action, subject, and speech-introduction all sit in one word.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →

• فَقَالَ أُكْتُبْهُ لِي، قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَكْتُبُ هَذَا الأَحْدَاثُ،

  He said, "Write it for me." I said, "May God set you right; only young people write this."

  فقال — so he said. Front fa- chains this onto the prior clause with a 'and so' sense; the rest is a past-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, opening the speech. So connector, action, subject, and speech-introduction all sit in one word.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →