Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
They said: "O Moses! Either thou shalt throw [thy staff first], or we shall [be the first to] throw."
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'Moses, wilt thou cast, or shall we be the casters?
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"
Arabic
قَالُوا۟ یَـٰمُوسَىٰۤ إِمَّاۤ أَن تُلۡقِیَ وَإِمَّاۤ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُلۡقِینَ ١١٥
Transliteration (2021)
qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna naḥnu l-mul'qīn