سورة طٰه

Surah Tâ Hâ 20:65

Perfect Man! be at rest · Verse 65 of 135

قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَنْ تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(The sorcerers) said, `Moses! either you present (first what you have) or we shall be the first to present (what we have).´

They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?

They said: "Either you cast (your spell), O Moses, or we shall cast it first."

12 more translations

They (the sorcerers) said: "Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw!"

They said: either thou cast down, or we shall be the first to cast down.

They said, "O Moosa, either you throw first - or shall we throw first?"

They said: O Moses, wilt thou cast, or shall we be the first to cast down?

They said, `O Moses, either do thou cast first, or we shall be the first to cast.'

Said [the sorcerers]: "O Moses! Either thou throw (thy staff first], or we shall be the first to throw."

They said:"O Musa (Moses)! Either you throw first or we be the first to throw?"

They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?

They said, "Moses, would you be the first to show your skill or should we be the first to throw down our devices?".

They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast down?

They said, "O Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw."

The debaters asked, "O Moses! Will you begin or shall we go first?"