Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:115

7:115

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ

qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna naḥnu l-mul'qīna

They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."

— Saheeh International

So 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 shall we have the (first) throw?"

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

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
إِمَّآimmāWhether
أَنan[that]
تُلْقِىَtul'qiyayou throw
وَإِمَّآwa-immāor Whether
أَنan[that]
نَّكُونَnakūnawe will be
نَحْنُnaḥnu[we]
ٱلْمُلْقِينَl-mul'qīnathe ones to throw