Meaning: We chose him · Also translated as: has chosen, has chosen him, chose, chosen you
Forms in the Quran
ٱصْطَفَىٰ×4
ٱصْطَفَيْنَٰهُ×1
ٱصْطَفَىٰهُ×1
ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ×1
وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ×1
ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ×1
يَصْطَفِى×1
ٱصْطَفَيْنَا×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
أصل الصفاء: خلوص الشيء من الشوب، ومنه: الصفا، للحجارة الصافية. قال تعالى:
قوله تعالى: ﴿وأنهار من عسل مصفى﴾ [محمد: 15] أي خالص مما يشوبه. والصفو: الخلوص، ومنه الاصطفاء افتعال من الصفو، وهو تناول صفو الشيء كالاختيار: تناول خيره، والاجتباء: تناول جبايته. وصفي الغنم: ما يصطفيه الإمام لنفسه فيخلص له. قال الشاعر: [من الوافر]
And who turns away
From the religion of Abraham
But such as debase their souls
With folly? Him We chose
And rendered pure in this world:
And he will be in the Hereafter
In the ranks of the Righteous.
And this was the legacy
That Abraham left to his sons,
And so did Jacob;
"Oh my sons! God hath chosen
The Faith for you; then die not
Except in the Faith of Islam."
Their Prophet said to them:
"God hath appointed
Talut as king over you."
They said: "How can he
Exercise authority over us
When we are better fitted
Than he to exercise authority,
And he is not even gifted,
With wealth in abundance?"
He said: "God hath
Chosen him above you,
And hath gifted him
Abundantly with knowledge
And bodily prowess: God
Granteth His authority to whom
He pleaseth. God careth
For all, and He knoweth
All things."
(God) said: "O Moses!
I have chosen thee
Above (other) men,
By the mission I (have
Given thee) and the words
I (have spoken to thee):
Take then the (revelation)
Which I give thee,
And be of those
Who give thanks."
Say: Praise be to God,
And Peace on His servants
Whom He has chosen
(For His Message). (Who)
Is better?—God or
The false gods they associate
(With Him)?
Then We have given
The Book for inheritance
To such of Our servants
As We have chosen:
But there are among them
Some who wrong their own
Souls; some who follow
A middle course; and some
Who are, by God's leave,
Foremost in good deeds;
That is the highest Grace.
Had God wished
To take to Himself
A son, He could have
Chosen whom He pleased
Out of those whom He
Doth create: but Glory
Be to Him! (He is above
Such things.) He is God,
The One, the Irresistible.