Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 115
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]."
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They said ‘O Moses either you cast your staff or we shall be the casters!’ of what we have.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(They said: O Moses! Either throw) first (or let us be the first throwers)?