قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "மூஸாவே! முதலில் நீர் எறிகிறீரா? அல்லது நாங்கள் எறியட்டுமா?" என்று (சூனியக்காரர்கள்) கேட்டனர்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අහෝ මූසා! (විජ්ජාවන්) නුඹ දමන්නෙහි ද නැතිනම් අපි ම දමන්නන් වන්නෙමු දැ? යි ඔවුහු ඇසුවෝ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ان ساحروں نے عرض کیا کہ اے موسیٰ! خواه آپ ڈالئے اور یا ہم ہی ڈالیں؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは言った。「ムーサーよ，あなたが投げるのか，それともわたしたちが（先に）投げるのか。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：穆萨啊！你先抛（你的手杖）呢，还是我们先抛（我们的）呢？
Tafsir of 7:115
إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ (Either you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw) before you. In another Ayah, they said, وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَى (Or we be the first to throw) 20:65. Musa said to them, you throw first. It was said that the wisdom behind asking them to throw first, is that - Allah knows best - the people might witness the magicians' sorcery first. When the magicians had cast their spell and captured the eyes, the clear and unequivocal truth came, at a time when they all anticipated and waited for it to come, thus making the truth even more impressive to their hearts. This is what happened.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
