يَقُولُ say in Arabic
يَقُولُ is how you say “say” in Arabic.
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سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم يَقُولُ
I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say:
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb that pictures the action as ongoing — 'saying,' caught in the act. After 'I heard,' it serves as the second object: what the Prophet was heard doing. Its full -u ending shows it stands free, not clipped by any particle.
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فيسألهم ربهم وهو أعلم ما يقول عبادي؟
Their Lord asks them – and He knows best: What do My servants say?
يَقُولُ he says
A present verb 'say' — and notice it is SINGULAR even though its subject, 'My servants', is plural. When the verb comes BEFORE its subject in Arabic, it stays singular; the plural is shown only on the subject. So 'what does-[they] My-servants say'.
فيقول ألا تستجيبون؟
He will say, "Will you not respond?"
فَيَقُولُ He will say
This is 'so' plus a present verb 'says' (future), subject 'he' inside — 'so he will say'. The 'fa-' steps the scene on.
قال يقول عمير بن الحمام الأنصاري رضي الله عنه يا رسول الله جنة عرضها السماوات والأرض؟
Umayr bin Al-Humam Al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth?'
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb, 'he says', with 'he' built in, used here in the narrator's framing 'he says/relates'. The present form gives a live, reporting feel even within a past account, a common storytelling shift.
قال لأني سمعت الله يقول ولم يكن له كفوا أحد فأردت أن أكون أنا ذلك الكفؤ إذا كان موجودًا
He said: Because I heard Allah say, '[Nor is there to Him any equivalent],' so I wanted to be that equivalent if it existed.
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'says' with 'He' built in, here describing God's ongoing speech; it sits as a state alongside the object 'heard God saying'.
قَالَ الرِّيَاءُ، يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ يُجَازِي الْعِبَادَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ اذْهَبُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تُرَاءُونَهُمْ بِأَعْمَالِكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَانْظُرُوا هَلْ تَجِدُونَ عِنْدَهُمْ جَزَاءً
He said: 'It is showing off. Allah will say on the Day He recompenses people for their deeds: Go to those for whom you showed off in the world and see if you find any reward with them.'
يَقُولُ will say
A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject inside, used here for a future event, 'will say'. Arabic often lets the plain present carry a future sense from context, here the Day of Judgment.
وَقَالَ يَقُولُ اللهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا أَشْرَكَ مَعِي فِيهِ غَيْرِي فَهُوَ لِلَّذِي أَشْرَكَ وَأَنَا مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ
And he said: 'Allah says: Whoever does a deed in which he associates someone else with Me, it is for the one he associated, and I am free from it.'
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject inside, 'He says', framing an ongoing divine statement and introducing the words attributed to Allah.
فالعربي يقول من معاشرتهن ويلي
So the Arab says from associating with them, 'Woe to me',
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb of speaking whose 'he' subject is folded into its form, needing no separate pronoun. Set against a past-tense narrative, the present here paints the saying as a habitual or vivid ongoing reaction, and it introduces the quoted words that follow.
سَمِعْتُ الشَّافِعِيَّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ يَقُولُ
I heard al-Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him, say.
يَقُولُ he says
After 'I heard', this present-tense verb sets up the speech that was heard, the way English says 'I heard him saying'. Its 'he' subject is inside the form, and the present shape paints the saying as ongoing at the moment of hearing.
وَيَقُولُ يُوسُفُ بْنُ اَسْبَاطِ وَغَيْرُهُ
And Yusuf ibn Asbat and others say:
وَيَقُولُ and he says
The wa- here is a topic-shifting 'and' that moves the passage on to a new authority being quoted. The verb is present-tense and shaped for a single 'he' subject, with that subject baked into the form, so it reads 'he says' even before the name appears. It introduces the saying that follows.
يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا بْنَ مَالِكِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ عَنْهُ
He says, "I heard Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him."
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'he says', used to report ongoing narration. It frames the words that follow as the speaker's report.
يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ
He says, "I heard the Messenger of Allah say."
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'he says', framing the report that follows. It introduces the speaker's narration.
يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ
He says, "I heard the Messenger of Allah say."
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'he says', here used to report the Messenger's quoted words, opening the nested quotation. It frames what the Messenger himself said.
يَقُولُ أُنْسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ
Anas ibn Malik says, "I heard the Messenger of God say."
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'he says', framing the report that follows. It introduces the speaker's narration.
يَقُولُ أُنْسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ
Anas ibn Malik says, "I heard the Messenger of God say."
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'he says', repeated to re-anchor the report before the quoted speech. It re-frames the narration after the name-chain.
يَقُولُ أُنْسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ
Anas ibn Malik says, "I heard the Messenger of God say."
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'he says', opening the nested quotation of the Messenger's own words. It frames what the Messenger himself said.
فَيَقُولُ يَا أُمَّهُ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ مَا يُرِيدُونَ،
Then he says, "O my mother, I know what they want,"
فَيَقُولُ then he says
A leading fa- ('then') chains this reply onto what came before, followed by the present verb 'he says' with the 'he' carried inside. Here the fa- is doing turn-taking work in the dialogue, marking the next speaker's response in sequence. The connector and the verb sit together as one written word.
فَيَقُولُ أَطْيَبُ اللَّبَنَاتِ مَا بَاتَ فِي الضَّرْعِ،
So he says, 'The best portions of milk are that which stayed overnight in the udder.'
فَيَقُولُ so he says
A connector fa- ('so') on the present verb 'he says', with the 'he' inside. The fa- threads this reply onto the prior line, marking the next turn in the exchange. The two pieces sit as one word and open his response.
عَنْ الْمَعْلِيِّ بْنِ أَوْبِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمَأْمُونَ يَقُولُ
From al-Mu'allī ibn Uwb, he said: I heard al-Ma'mun say
يَقُولُ he says
This is a present-shape verb meaning 'is saying', describing what the heard person was in the act of doing. After a verb of perception Arabic uses this present form to paint the action as ongoing at the moment of hearing. It then opens the quoted speech that fills the rest of the passage.
يَطُوفُ بِهَا حَوْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ
He walks around the house with her, saying
يَقُوْلُ he says
This is a present-shape verb with its 'he' subject built in, set inside the 'while he...' clause to mean 'saying' as he circles. The present form keeps it concurrent with the circling. It opens the recited lines that follow.
فَالْعَرَبِيُّ يَقُولُ مِنْ مَعَاشَرَتِهِنَّ وَيْلِي
So the Arab says, "Woe to me from living among them."
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'says' carrying a third-person masculine 'he', here used as a vivid present to report what the Arab habitually utters. Its built-in 'he' refers back to the subject named just before. The present tense keeps the saying lively and general rather than fixing it in the past.
وَقَالَ سَالِمٌ سَمِعْتُ اِبْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ـ يَقُولُ
And Salim said, "I heard Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, say."
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'says' carrying its 'he' subject inside the form. It sits as a circumstantial verb after 'I heard X', so it frames the hearing as catching the person in the act of speaking, opening the report of what was said.
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ
I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say
يَقُولُ he says
A present-tense verb 'says' carrying its 'he' subject inside the form. It sits as a circumstantial verb after 'I heard X', framing the hearing as catching the Messenger in the act of speaking and opening the report of his words.
فَيَقُولُ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُهْدِيَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَدِيَّةً،
So he says, "Whoever wishes to send a gift to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,"
فَيَقُولُ so he says
The fa- here continues the report with a light 'so/then', marking this saying as the next development; it carries a sequencing force. Attached to a present-tense verb that holds its 'he' subject, the prefix chains the clause while the verb supplies the act of speaking.