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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 144of 206

قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَٰلَٰتِى وَبِكَلَٰمِى فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ﴿١٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

[Allah] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَiṣ'ṭafaytukahave chosen you
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
بِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِىbirisālātīwith My Messages
وَبِكَلَـٰمِىwabikalāmīand with My words
فَخُذْfakhudhSo take
مَآwhat
ءَاتَيْتُكَātaytukaI have given you
وَكُنwakunand be
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe grateful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah chooses Musa and gives Him the TabletsAllah states that He spoke to Musa directly and informed him that He has chosen him above the people of his time, by His Message and by speaking to him. Here we should mention that there is no doubt that Muhammad ﷺ is the chief of all the Children of Adam, the earlier and later ones among them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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