قَالُوا۟
Qālūa
Quran 7 : 115
They said, "O Musa! Whether [that] you throw or Whether [that] we will be (we) the ones to throw?"
يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ
Yaāmūsaāā
إِمَّآ
Iimmaa
أَن
Aan
تُلْقِىَ
Tulqiāa
وَإِمَّآ
Waiimmaa
أَن
Aan
نَّكُونَ
Nnakūna
نَحْنُ
Naḥnu
ٱلْمُلْقِينَ
Almulqīna
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "O Moses, either you cast, or we will cast?"
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, Moses, will you first throw, or shall we
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."
The Wise Quran
They said, 'O Moses! Will you throw or shall we be the throwers?'
The Study Quran
They said, “O Moses! either you cast, or we will be the ones who cast.
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'O Moses! Either you throw, or we are the ones to throw.'
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They asked, “O Moses, should you throw first, or should we?”
T.B.Irving
They said: ´Moses, will you throw something down or shall we be the ones to throw [first]?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "O Musa (Moses), will you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"
Sher Ali
They said, `O Moses, wilt thou throw first or shall we be the first throwers?
Shakir
They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first to cast
Shabbir Ahmed
The debaters said, "O Moses! Either you begin or let us be the first to present our case."
Samy Mahdy
They said, “O Moses! Either you throw, or we are the throwers.”
Safi Kaskas
They said, "Moses, either you will throw [your staff first], or We will throw [first]."
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "O Moses, either you throw, or we are throwing."
N J Dawood 2014
They said: ‘Moses, will you throw first, or are we the first to throw?‘
Mustaqim
They said: oh Musa (Moses), either you throw or we are the ones who throw.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
They asked, “O Moses! Will you cast, or shall we be the first to cast?”
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “Musa, either you go first, or let us go first?
MunirMezyed2023
They said: “O’ Moses, either you throw first or we will be the first to throw!"
Munir Mezyed
They said: “O’ ‘Moses’, either you throw first or we will be the first to throw!"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .O Musa, would you throw (first) or are we to throw?
Muhammad Sarwar
The magicians asked Moses, "Will you throw your staff first or shall we?"
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
They said: O Moses! Either throw (first) or let us be the first throwers
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "O Musa! (Moses) Either you cast, or we ourselves will be the ones casting (first)."
Muhammad Asad
They said: "O Moses! Either thou shalt throw [thy staff first], or we shall [be the first to] throw."
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They said: "You Moses, either that you throw/throw away, or we, we be the throwing/throwing away."
Mohammad Shafi
They said, "O Moses! Either you do the throwing down, or we do it."
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "O Musa ! will you throw (show your magic first) or shall we be the first to throw?"
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: O Moses, wilt thou cast, or shall we (be the first to) cast
Maududi
Then they said: ´0 Moses, will you [first] throw your rod, or shall we throw?´
Linda "iLham" Barto
They said, “O Moses, will you throw first, or shall we?”
John Medows Rodwell
They said, "O Moses! either cast thou down thy rod first, or we will cast down ours."
Irving/Hegab
They said: 'Moses, will you throw something down or shall we be the ones to throw [first]?"
Hilali - Khan
They said: "O Moosa (Moses)! Either you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They said: 'Moses, will you throw first or shall we be the throwers?
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "O Moses! Will you cast down (your rod) or shall we be (first) to throw?"
George Sale
They said, 'O Moses, wilt thou throw first or shall we be the first throwers?
Fode Drame
They said, “O Moses! Either you cast or it is going to be us who will be the ones who cast.”
Faridul Haque
They said, "O Moosa! You may throw first - or shall we be the first to throw?"
Edward Henry Palmer
They said, 'O Moses! wilt thou cast down (thy rod) or shall we be (first) to throw?
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "Oh Musa! Either you cast your spell, or let us be the ones to go (first)."
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(The magicians) said: ‘Musa (Moses)! Either you throw (your object) or we become (the first) to throw.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: O Moses! Either thou cast, or will we be the ones who cast?
Dr. Kamal Omar
(The magicians) said: “O Musa! Is it that you throw (first) or is it that we become, we, as those who throw (their material first)?”
Corpus.Quran
They said O Musa Whether [that] you throw or Whether [that] we will be [we] the ones to throw
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They said, “O Moses, will you throw first, or shall we throw?
Bijan Moeinian
They asked Moses who shall throw down first. Moses said: "Go ahead."
Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “Moses, do you throw or are we the throwers?”
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'Moses, wilt thou cast, or shall we be the casters?
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, `Moses! either you present (first what you have), or shall we be the (first) ones to present?
Ali Ãœnal
They (the sorcerers) said: "Moses! Either you throw first or we will be the first to throw!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘O Moses, will you throw [first], or shall we throw?’
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´Musa, will you throw first or shall we be the ones to throw?´
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'O Musa, either you throw first or we be the throwers'.
Ahmed Hulusi
(The magicians said) “O Moses... First you throw, then we will throw.”
Ahmed Ali
So they said: "O Moses, you may cast your spell first, or we shall cast ours."
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: O Musa! either thou cast down, or we shall be the ones to cast down
Abdul Hye
They said: “O Moses! Either you throw (first) or that shall we be the (first) throwers.”
Abdel Haleem
So they said, ‘Moses, will you throw first or shall we?’