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فَقَالُوا so they said in Arabic

فَقَالُوا is how you say “so they said” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَوَصَفَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النُّسَّاكِ عِنْدَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ عَائِشَةِ فَقَالُوا هُوَ جِدٌّ كُلُّهُ،

They described a man among the ascetics to Ubayd Allah ibn Aisha, and they said, "He is all seriousness."

فَقَالُوا so they said

Front fa- chains this onto the prior clause with a 'and so' sense; the verb ends in -u marking a plural 'they' subject built into its shape. So connector, action, and the group of doers all ride in one word, and it opens the speech that follows.

From Permissible Laughter and Conduct

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More example sentences

فَقَالُوا هَاتِ الَّذِي أَتَيْتَنَا بِهِ الْبَارِحَةَ

And they said, "Bring what you brought to us last night."

فَقَالُوا so they said

The sequence-connector 'so/then' is fused to a past-tense verb for 'they', carrying the narration to their renewed demand. It chains this speech onto the previous cries. The plural 'they' doer is built into the verb shape.

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