Tafsir for verses: 20:65, 20:66
قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلۡقِيَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنۡ أَلۡقَىٰ ٦٥ ﴿65﴾ قَالَ بَلۡ أَلۡقُواْۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمۡ وَعِصِيُّهُمۡ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيۡهِ مِن سِحۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّهَا تَسۡعَىٰ ٦٦ ﴿66﴾
65They said, “O Mūsā, either you throw (first), or shall we be first to throw?” 66He said, “Rather, you throw.” Then, suddenly their ropes and sticks seemed to him, due to their magic, as if they were running.
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Commentary
The meaning of 'an with what follows it is either accusative due to an implied verb or nominative as it is the news of a deleted subject. Its meaning is: Choose one of the two matters, either your throwing or our throwing. This choice from them is a good manner with Him, humility towards Him, and lowering of the wing, and a reminder to give them fairness from themselves. [Mahran said: 'Indeed, Allah inspired them with good manners with Musa, peace be upon him, in their choosing and giving fairness from themselves.' Ahmad said: 'And before that, they showed good manners with him by saying,
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