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يَقُولُوا to say in Arabic

يَقُولُوا is how you say “to say” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَقَدْ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عِبَادَهُ أَنْ يَقُولُوا فِي الصَّلٰوَةِ

And Allah, the Exalted, has commanded His servants to say in the prayer.

يَقُولُوا to say

A present-tense verb 'they say' whose '-u(u)' plural ending is trimmed because the 'to' particle before it forces the subjunctive shape. That trimmed ending is the visible sign the saying is the aim of the command, not a stated fact. The 'they' doer is built into the verb.

From Seeking Refuge from the Devil

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More example sentences

إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ النَّاسُ إِذَا كَانَ غَدًا أَنْ يَقُولُوا

When the next day comes, people only want to say

يَقُولُوا they say

This is a present-tense verb for 'they', set in its 'aim' (subjunctive) shape because the particle just before it forces that ending. The plural 'they' doer is carried in the verb itself. The special ending marks this as the content of what the people want.

From A Spy in the Enemy Camp

إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ النَّاسُ إِذَا كَانَ غَدًا أَنْ يَقُولُوا

People only want, when morning comes, to say.

يَقُولُوا they say

This is a present-tense verb for 'they', in its 'aim' (subjunctive) shape because the particle before it forces that ending. The plural 'they' doer is carried in the verb itself. The special ending marks this as what the people want to do.

From A Spy in the Enemy Camp

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