قَالُوا يَامُوسَى إِمَّا أَنْ تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نَكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ

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 (Orig. 1938)

They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"

Arabic

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ ۝١١٥

Transliteration

qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna naḥnu l-mul'qīn