Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Said [the sorcerers]: "O Moses! Either thou throw (thy staff first], or we shall be the first to throw."
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'Moses, either thou wilt cast, or we shall be the first to cast.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"
Arabic
قَالُوا۟ یَـٰمُوسَىٰۤ إِمَّاۤ أَن تُلۡقِیَ وَإِمَّاۤ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنۡ أَلۡقَىٰ ٦٥
Transliteration (2021)
qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna awwala man alq