← Surah 20

20:65

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

Word by word

قَالُوا۟
They said
Verb
Root: قول
يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ
O Musa
Preposition
إِمَّآ
Either
Preposition
أَن
[that]
Preposition
تُلْقِىَ
you throw
Verb
Root: لقي
وَإِمَّآ
or
Preposition
أَن
[that]
Preposition
نَّكُونَ
we will be
Verb
Root: كون
أَوَّلَ
the first
Noun
Root: أول
مَنْ
who
Noun
أَلْقَىٰ
throws
Verb
Root: لقي

Translation

They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Sihirbazlar: "Ey Musa! Ya sen at, yahud ilk atan biz olalım" dediler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

(Büyücüler) “Ey Musa, ya (önce asayı) sen atacaksın ya da ilk atanlar biz (mi) olalım?” demişlerdi.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain