قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "மூஸாவே! நீர் எறிகின்றீரா? எறிகிறவர்களில் நாங்கள் முதலாவதாக இருக்கட்டுமா?" என்று (சூனியக்காரர்) கேட்டனர்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අහෝ මූසා! (පළමුව) ඔබ (සතු දෑ බිම) හෙළනු. එසේ නැතහොත් හෙළන්නන්ගෙන් මුල් අය අප වන්න දැ? යි ඔවුහු පැවසුවෝ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کہنے لگے کہ اے موسیٰ! یا تو تو پہلے ڈال یا ہم پہلے ڈالنے والے بن جائیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは言った。「ムーサーよ，あなたが投げるか，それともわたしたちが先に投げようか。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：穆萨啊！是你先抛你的家伙呢？还是我们先抛呢？
Tafsir of 20:65
The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's Faith Allah, the Exalted, informs about the magicians when they met Musa, that they said to Musa, إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ ("Either you throw first...") meaning, "you go first." وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىقَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُواْ ("...or we be the first to throw" (Musa) said: "Nay, throw you (first)!") This means, `you magicians should go first so that we can see what magic you are going to perform and so that the true state of their affair will become obvious to the people.' فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَى (Then behold! their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast.) In another Ayah it says that when they threw, وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَونَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَلِبُونَ (Then said: "By the might of Fir`awn, it is we who will certainly win!") 26:44 And Allah, the Exalted, says, سَحَرُواْ أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ (They bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic.) 7:116 Here, He says in this Surah, فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إ…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
