Skip to content

English

Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 115

سورة الأعراف، الآية ١١٥

7:115 Juz 9 Hizb 17 Page 164 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:115

قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ ۝١١٥

Transliteration

qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna naḥnu l-mul'qīna

Translation

They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."

Translation in another language

Choose a translation

Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary Read in the surah

Verse 115 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:115), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 164 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

Listen to verse 115 of Surah Al-A’raf

78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.

All voices (78)

Tafsir of verse 115

Al-Mukhtasar

Due to their pride, they were certain that they would win against Moses. They asked him: 'Choose O Moses if you want to be the first to throw, or if you want us to throw first.'

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-A’raf

Other translations of verse 115

They said, “O Moses, will you throw first or will we be the first to throw?”

They said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Either you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"

They said: O Moses! Either throw (first) or let us be the first throwers?

They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"

They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first to cast?

They said, "O Musa! (Moses) Either you cast, or we ourselves will be the ones casting (first)."

Verse 115 word by word

قَالُوا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ yāmūsā O Musa
إِمَّآ immā Whether
أَن an [that]
تُلْقِىَ tul'qiya you throw ل ق ي
وَإِمَّآ wa-immā or Whether
أَن an [that]
نَّكُونَ nakūna we will be ك و ن
نَحْنُ naḥnu [we]
ٱلْمُلْقِينَ l-mul'qīna the ones to throw ل ق ي

Verses related to verse 115

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Taha 20:65
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."

Name mentioned in this verse

Go further