Taha Verse 13 | 20:13

وَاَنَا اخْتَرْتُكَ فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوْحٰى ( طه: ١٣ )

wa-anā

وَأَنَا

And I

ikh'tartuka

ٱخْتَرْتُكَ

(have) chosen you

fa-is'tamiʿ

فَٱسْتَمِعْ

so listen

limā

لِمَا

to what

yūḥā

يُوحَىٰٓ

is revealed

Wa anakhtartuka fastami' limaa yoohaa (Ṭāʾ Hāʾ 20:13)

Sahih International:

And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you]. (Taha [20] : 13)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

I have chosen you (for prophet-hood), so listen to what is revealed:

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَأَنَا اخْتَرْتُكَ

And I have chosen you.

is similar to His statement,

إِنْى اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَـلَـتِي وَبِكَلَـمِي

I have chosen you above men by My Messages, and by My speaking (to you). (7;144)

This means over all human beings of that time.

It has also been said that Allah said, "O Musa, do you know why I chose to speak to you directly out of all of the people!"

Musa said, "No."

Allah then said, "Because I have not made anyone humble himself as much as you have humbled yourself. "

Concerning Allah's statement,

فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَى

So listen to that which will be revealed.

"Now listen to what I say to you and what I reveal to you.