Taha Verse 41

And I have selected you for My service.

I have chosen you for Myself.

I have chosen thee for My service;

I have chosen you for Myself.

And formed thee for Myself.

"And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)"..

I have chosen you for My service.

And I chose you for Myself.

“And I created you especially for Myself.”

And I chose you for Myself.’

"And I have attached you to Myself (and so trained you to My service).

`And I, (having made you perfect,) have chosen you for Myself.

And I made you for My self.

"And I created you especially for Myself."

When your sister walked on and said, "Shall I guide you to one who will nurse him? And We restored you to your mother, that her eye might be cheered and that she should not grieve. And you did slay a man and We saved you from the resulting trouble, and We tried you with various trials. And you did tarry for years amongst the people of Midian; then you did come hither as ordained, O Moses.

"And I have Istana'tuka, for Myself.

When thy sister went and said: Shall I direct you to one who will take charge of him? So We brought thee back to thy mother that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve. And thou didst kill a man, then We delivered thee from grief, and tried thee with (many) trials. Then thou didst stay for years among the people of Midian. Then thou camest hither as ordained, O Moses.

And I have chosen you for Myself:

And I have attached thee to Myself.

I chose you for Myself.

I have chosen you for Me.

And I have chosen you for Myself.

I have chosen you for Myself.

And I made you for Myself.

And I chose you for Myself, to deliver the Message.

Concerning Allah's statement,

وَاصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي



And I have chosen you for Myself.

This means, "I have chosen you and selected you to be a Messenger for Myself. This is as I wish and according to My will."

Concerning the Tafsir of this Ayah, Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said,

الْتَقَى ادَمُ وَمُوسَى فَقَالَ مُوسَى أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَشْقَيْتَ النَّاسَ وَأَخْرَجْتَهُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ

فَقَالَ ادَمُ وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَاصْطَفَاكَ لِنَفْسِهِ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ التَّوْرَاةَ

قَالَ نَعَمْ

قَالَ فَوَجَدْتَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَنِي

قَالَ نَعَمْ

فَحَجَّ ادَمُ مُوسَى

Adam and Musa met, and Musa said, "You are the one who made things difficult for mankind and you caused them to be evicted from Paradise."

Adam said, "Are you the one whom Allah chose for His Message, and He selected you for Himself and He revealed the Tawrah to you?"

Musa replied, "Yes."

Then Adam said, "Did you find that it was preordained upon me before He (Allah) created me?"

Musa replied, "Yes."

Therefore, Adam defeated Musa's argument.

Both Al-Bukhari and Muslim recorded this narration.

Concerning Allah's statement