IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir Collection for
Ta Ha 20:65
Muhammad Asad
Said [the sorcerers]: "O Moses! Either thou throw (thy staff first], or we shall be the first to throw."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They said, “O Moses! Either you cast, or let us be the first to cast.”
Safi Kaskas
They said, "Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw."
Arabic
قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَى
Transliteration
Q
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loo y
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moos
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imm
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an tulqiya wa-imm
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an nakoona awwala man alq
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Transliteration-2
qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna awwala man alq
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
They said, "O Musa! Either [that] you throw or [that] we will be the first who throws?"
Muhammad Asad
Said [the sorcerers]: "O Moses! Either thou throw (thy staff first], or we shall be the first to throw."
M. M. Pickthall
They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"
Shakir
They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast down
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, Moses, will you throw down first, or shall we be the first to throw down
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: O Moses! Either thou wilt cast or let us be the first to cast.
T.B.Irving
They said: "Moses, either you will cast [something] or shall we be the first to cast [a spell]?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They said, “O Moses! Either you cast, or let us be the first to cast.”
Safi Kaskas
They said, "Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw."
Abdul Hye
They said: “O Moses! Either you throw first or we are the first who will throw?”
The Study Quran
They said, “O Moses! Either you cast, or we shall be the first to cast.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "O Moses, either you cast down or we will be the first to cast down."
Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘Moses, will you throw first or shall we?&rsquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: either thou cast down, or we shall be the first to cast down
Ahmed Ali
They said: "Either you cast (your spell), O Moses, or we shall cast it first."
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´Musa, will you throw or shall we be the first to throw?´
Ali Ünal
They (the sorcerers) said: "Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘O Moses! Either you will throw down, or we shall be the first to throw.&rsquo
Hamid S. Aziz
Said they, "O Moses! Either you must throw first, or let us throw first."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "O Musa, (Moses) either you will cast, or we will be the first to cast."
Muhammad Sarwar
They said, "Moses, would you be the first to show your skill or should we be the first to throw down our devices?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .O Musa, either you throw (first), or shall we be first to throw?
Shabbir Ahmed
The debaters asked, "O Moses! Do you begin or shall we go first?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said; "O Musa (Moses)! Either you be the one who throws (first) or will we be the first to throw?"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."
Farook Malik
The magicians said: "O Moses! Will you throw down first or shall we?"
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "Oh Musa, either you cast (your spell) first, or else let us be the first to cast (the spell)."
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said: “O Musa! If it is that you drop (your rod) or if it is that we become the first that dropped (the articles)?
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
They said, 'O Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw.'
Maududi
The magicians said: "Moses, will you throw down or shall we be the first to throw?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: Moses, do you throw or are we to throw first
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “O Moses, would you rather that you throw first, or that we be the first to throw?
Musharraf Hussain
The magicians said, “Musa, either you throw or we’ll throw first.”
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "O Moses, either you cast down or we will be the first to cast down."
Mohammad Shafi
They said (aloud), "O Moses! Will you do your act, or shall we be the first to do it?"
Bijan Moeinian
They said: “O.K. Moses, who should start first?&rdquo
Faridul Haque
They said, "O Moosa, either you throw first - or shall we throw first?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They said to Moses: 'Will you throw down or shall we be the first
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: O Moses, wilt thou cast, or shall we be the first to cast down
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They said: "You Moses either that you throw , or that we be first who threw ."
Sher Ali
They said, `O Moses, either do thou cast first, or we shall be the first to cast.
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "O Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'O Musa! Either you cast or we cast first'.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(The sorcerers) said, `Moses! either you present (first what you have) or we shall be the first to present (what we have).
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(The magicians) said: ‘O Musa (Moses), either you cast (your thing) or we become the first ones to cast.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said:"O Moosa (Moses)! Either you throw first or we be the first to throw?"
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'Moses, either thou wilt cast, or we shall be the first to cast.
Edward Henry Palmer
Said they, 'O Moses! either thou must throw, or we must be the first to throw.
George Sale
They said, O Moses, whether wilt thou cast down thy rod first, or shall we be the first who cast down our rods
John Medows Rodwell
They said, "O Moses, wilt thou first cast down thy rod, or shall we be the first who cast?"
N J Dawood (2014)
They said: ‘Moses, either you throw down, or we shall be the first to throw?&lsquo
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[On that day,] (Pharaoh’s magicians) said, “Moses, do you want to throw first, or do you want us to throw first?”
Sayyid Qutb
Said [the sorcerers]: 'Moses! Either you throw [first], or we shall be the first to throw.'
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “O Moses! Either you throw first or we shall be the first to throw.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They (the sorcerers) said: 'O' Moses! Will you throw, or shall we be the first who throw?'
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Face to face with Mussa, they said to him: "Would you like to cast down your staff first or shall we cast ours first!"
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "O Musa! will you throw or shall we be the first to throw?"
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"
OLD Literal
Word for Word
They said, "O Musa! Either [that] you throw or [that] we will be the first who throws?
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