قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلۡقِيَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنۡ أَلۡقَىٰ

Qaaloo yaa Moosaaa immaaa an tulqiya wa immaaa an nakoona awala man alqaa

They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"

— Ta-Ha (طٰهٰ​ ), 20:65