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Surah Taha, Verse 13

سورة طه، الآية ١٣

20:13 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 313 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:13

وَأَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فَٱسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ ۝١٣

Transliteration

wa-anā ikh'tartuka fa-is'tamiʿ limā yūḥā

Translation

And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].

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Verse 13 of Surah Taha (20:13), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 313 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 13

Al-Mukhtasar

I have chosen you - O Moses - to convey My message, so listen to what I reveal to you.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Taha

Other translations of verse 13

I have chosen you, so listen to what is being revealed:

"And I have chosen you. So listen to that which will be revealed (to you).

And I have chosen thee, so hearken unto that which is inspired.

"I have chosen thee: listen, then, to the inspiration (sent to thee).

And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed:

And I, Ever I, have chosen you; so listen to whatever is revealed.

Verse 13 word by word

  1. وَأَنَا wa-anā And I
  2. ٱخْتَرْتُكَ ikh'tartuka (have) chosen you خ ي ر
  3. فَٱسْتَمِعْ fa-is'tamiʿ so listen س م ع
  4. لِمَا limā to what
  5. يُوحَىٰٓ yūḥā is revealed و ح ي

Verses related to verse 13

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Qasas 28:30

    فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ مِن شَٰطِئِ ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ فِى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ ٱلْمُبَٰرَكَةِ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    But when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in a blessed spot - from the tree, "O Moses, indeed I am Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

  • Al-A’raf 7:144

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

    [Allāh] 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."

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