Taha (Ta-Ha)
Verse 65of 135
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ﴿٦٥﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."
Word-by-word meaning
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
إِمَّآimmāEither
أَنan[that]
تُلْقِىَtul'qiyayou throw
وَإِمَّآwa-immāor
أَنan[that]
نَّكُونَnakūnawe will be
أَوَّلَawwalathe first
مَنْmanwho
أَلْقَىٰalqāthrows
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Competition, Musa's Victory, and the Magician's FaithAllah, 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("...
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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