Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:65

20:65

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna awwala man alqā

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

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘Moses, will you throw first or shall we?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
إِمَّآimmāEither
أَنan[that]
تُلْقِىَtul'qiyayou throw
وَإِمَّآwa-immāor
أَنan[that]
نَّكُونَnakūnawe will be
أَوَّلَawwalathe first
مَنْmanwho
أَلْقَىٰalqāthrows