قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ
Q a loo y a moos a imm a an tulqiya waimm a an nakoona awwala man alq a Said [the sorcerers]: "O Moses! Either thou throw [thy staff first], or we shall be the first to throw."
- Mohammad Asad
The magicians said: "O Musa! Will you throw down first or shall we?"
- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They said, 'O Moses! Either you cast, or let us be the first to cast.'
- Mustafa Khattab
They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?
- Marmaduke Pickthall
They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali