سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:115

The Elevated Places · Verse 115 of 206

قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَنْ تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نَكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They said, `Moses! either you present (first what you have), or shall we be the (first) ones to present?´

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

So they said: "O Moses, you may cast your spell first, or we shall cast ours."

12 more translations

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

They said: O Musa! either thou cast down, or we shall be the ones to cast down.

They said, "O Moosa! You may throw first - or shall we be the first to throw?"

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

They said, `O Moses, wilt thou throw first or shall we be the first throwers?'

They said: "O Moses! Either thou shalt throw [thy staff first], or we shall [be the first to] throw."

They said: "O Musa (Moses)! Either you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"

They said: O Moses! Either throw (first) or let us be the first throwers?

The magicians asked Moses, "Will you throw your staff first or shall we?".

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

They said, "O Moses, either you throw, or we are throwing."

The debaters said, “O Moses! Either you begin or let us be the first to present our case.”