Quran 7:115 — Al-A'raaf, verse 115
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So they said, ‘Moses, will you throw first or shall we?’
قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَنْ تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نَكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ
qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna naḥnu l-mul'qīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Moses, wilt thou cast, or shall we be the casters?'
- Muhammad Asad
- They said: "O Moses! Either thou shalt throw [thy staff first], or we shall [be the first to] throw."
- Sahih International
- They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā | O Musa | — |
| 3 | إِمَّآimmā | Whether | — |
| 4 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 5 | تُلْقِىَtul'qiya | you throw | لقي |
| 6 | وَإِمَّآwa-immā | or Whether | — |
| 7 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 8 | نَّكُونَnakūna | we will be | كون |
| 9 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | [we] | — |
| 10 | ٱلْمُلْقِينَl-mul'qīna | the ones to throw | لقي |