Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And when the sorcerers came, Moses said unto them: "Throw whatever you may [wish to] throw!"
M. M. Pickthall
And when the wizards came, Moses said unto them: Cast your cast
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw ye what ye (wish) to throw!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
When the magicians came, Moses said to them, “Cast whatever you wish to cast!”
Safi Kaskas
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, “Throw whatever you may throw.”
Wahiduddin Khan
When the magicians came, Moses said to them, Cast down whatever you are going to cast down
Shakir
And when the magicians came, Musa said to them: Cast down what you have to cast
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And when the ones who are sorcerers drew near, Moses said to them: Cast down with ones who cast.
T.B.Irving
When the magicians came, Moses told them: "Cast whatever you are going to cast."
Abdul Hye
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: “Cast down what you want to cast!”
The Study Quran
And when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, “Cast what you would cast.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When the magicians came, Moses said to them, “Throw down whatever you will.”
Talal Itani (2012)
And when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, 'Throw whatever you have to throw.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
And when the magicians came, Musa said to them: “Place on the ground whatever you want to put down.”
When the magicians came, Moses said to them: "Throw what you wish to throw!"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So, as soon as the sorcerers came, Musa said, "Cast down whatever you are casting."
Muhammad Sarwar
When all the magicians were brought to his court, Moses asked them to cast down what they wanted to
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, when the magicians came, Musa said to them, .Cast what you have to cast
Shabbir Ahmed
And when they came, Moses said to them, "Begin with your presentation."
Dr. Munir Munshey
When the magicians arrived, Musa said to them, "Cast your spells, if you would!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And when the magicians came, Musa (Moses) said to them: "You throw whatever you (want) to throw!"
So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Throw down whatever you will throw."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
So, when the magicians came, Moses said to them: "Cast what you will cast."
Abdel Haleem
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you have.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Then when the magicians were come, Musa said unto them: cast down that which ye are going to cast down
Ahmed Ali
So when the magicians arrived, Moses said to them: "Cast whatever (spell) you have to cast."
Aisha Bewley
When the magicians came, Musa said to them, ´Throw whatever you have to throw!´
Ali Ünal
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw down what you will throw."
Ali Quli Qara'i
So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, ‘Throw down what you have to throw.’
Hamid S. Aziz
And when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, "Cast the spells you have to cast."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And when the magicians came, Moses told them: “Throw what you want to throw.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
When the illusionists came, Moses said to them, “Throw you what you wish to throw.
Musharraf Hussain
So, when the magicians came, Musa said to them, “Cast your spells .”
Maududi
And when the sorcerers came Moses said to them: `Cast whatever you wish to cast.`
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
So, when the magicians came, Moses said to them: "Cast what you will cast."
Mohammad Shafi
And when the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Cast down what you have to cast."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then when the magicians came, Musa said to them, 'Cast down whatever you are to cast.'
When the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you are going to throw."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: 'Cast down what you will cast.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So when the enchanters came. Moses said to them: Cast what you are going to cast
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So when the magicians/sorcerers came, Moses Said: "Throw/throw away what you are throwing/throwing away."
Bijan Moeinian
When the magician gathered, Moses said: “Come with your best tricks.”
Faridul Haque
So when the magicians came, Moosa said to them, "Cast whatever you intend to cast."
Sher Ali
And when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, cast ye what you would cast.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So, when the magicians arrived, Musa (Moses) said to them: ‘Throw (all those things on the ground) which you want to throw.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Now when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, `Present whatever you have to present.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And when the sorcerers came, Moosa (Moses) said to them: "Cast down what you want to cast!"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And when the sorcerers came, Moses said unto them, “throw what you are going to throw.”
Munir Mezyed
When the magicians came, Moses said to them: "Cast down whatever you are going to cast!"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And when the magicians came, Musa (Moses) said to them: throw what you can throw.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, “Present what you have to show.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Then when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, “Throw whatever you will throw.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
When the magicians came, Moses told them: "Cast whatever you are going to cast."
Samy Mahdy
So, when the magicians came, Moses said to them, “Throw whatever you are throwing.”
Sayyid Qutb
And when the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: 'Throw whatever you may wish to throw.'
Ahmed Hulusi
So when the magicians gathered, Moses said to them, “Throw what you will.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: 'Throw what you have to throw!
When all the skilled sorcerers assembled themselves unto Pharaoh. Mussa said to them: "Throw forth what you have up your sleeves"
Mir Aneesuddin
So when the magicians came, Musa said to them, “Put down that which you are to put down.”
The Wise Quran
And when the magicians came, Moses said to them, 'Throw down what you have to throw.'