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قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ
Transliteration:
Qaloo ya moosa imma an tulqiya wa-imma an nakoona awwala man alqa
Word by Word:
They said, "O Musa! Either [that] you throw or [that] we will be the first who throws?"
Translations:
Said [the sorcerers]: "O Moses! Either thou throw (thy staff first], or we shall 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 Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?
They said: O Moses, wilt thou cast, or shall we be the first to cast down?
They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."