اختارهُ

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اختارهُVIII ; and تخيّرهُ , Verbal.Noun [or rather quasi-Verbal.Noun] خِيَرَةٌ , said by IAth to be the only instance of the kind except طِيَرَةٌ; (TA voce تَطَيَّرَ;) and ; and ; He chose, made choice of. selected, elected, or preferred, him, or it. You say also, اِخْتَرْتُهُ الرِّجَالَ, and مِنَ الرِّجَالِ, [I chose him from the men,] and عَلَيْهِمْ, which last signifies in preference to them. It is said in the Kur [vii. 154], وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَى قَوْمِهِ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا [And Moses chose from his people seventy men]. وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَى عِلْمٍ, in the Kur [xliv. 31, Verily we have chosen them with knowledge], may be indicative of God's producing good, or of his preferring them before others.

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