سورة طه، الآية ٦٥
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ ٦٥
qālū yāmūsā immā an tul'qiya wa-immā an nakūna awwala man alqā
They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."
Verse 65 of Surah Taha (20:65), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 316 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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The magicians said to Moses (peace be upon him): O Moses, you have one of two options: Either you will be the first to throw down the magic you have, or we will be the first to do so.
They said, “O Moses, either you throw or shall we be the first to throw!”
They said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Either you throw first or we be the first to throw?"
They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?
They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"
They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast down?
They said, "O Musa, (Moses) either you will cast, or we will be the first to cast."
فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."
قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ
He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.
قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ …
They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds, …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ
They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."
