Quran 20:65 — Taa-Haa, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Moses, will you throw first or shall we?’
قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَنْ تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ
qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna awwala man alqā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Moses, either thou wilt cast, or we shall be the first to cast.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [the sorcerers]: "O Moses! Either thou throw (thy staff first], or we shall be the first to throw."
- Sahih International
- They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā | O Musa | — |
| 3 | إِمَّآimmā | Either | — |
| 4 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 5 | تُلْقِىَtul'qiya | you throw | لقي |
| 6 | وَإِمَّآwa-immā | or | — |
| 7 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 8 | نَّكُونَnakūna | we will be | كون |
| 9 | أَوَّلَawwala | the first | أول |
| 10 | مَنْman | who | — |
| 11 | أَلْقَىٰalqā | throws | لقي |