Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Maryam, Ayah 51

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وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخْلَصًۭا وَكَانَ رَسُولًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا
And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And make mention in the Scripture of Moses) the event of Moses. (Lo! he was chosen) he was protected from disbelief, idolatry and indecency; it is also said that this means according to a different variant: he was chosen for worship and for the proclamation of Allah's divine Oneness, (and he was a messenger (of Allah)) to the Children of Israel, (a prophet) informing on behalf of Allah, Exalted is He.

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And mention in the Book Moses. Indeed he was devoted to God read either as mukhlisan to mean ‘one sincerely devoted to worship of God’; or read mukhlasan to mean ‘he was delivered’ as in God had delivered him from defilement and he was a messenger a prophet.

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Sahih al-Bukhari#4593Sahih

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By Him Who chose Muhammad (ﷺ) in the worlds. And the Jew said: By Him Who chose Moses in the worlds. Thereupon the Muslim lifted his hand and slapped at the face of the Jew. The Jew went to Allah's Me...

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Narrated by It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:
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Narrated by Qatada reported that he heard Abu al-'Aliya saying that the cousin of your Prophet (ﷺ), i. e. Ibn Abbas, told him:
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"That the Prophet ordered." And he mentioned similarly.

Narrated by (Another chain) from Hisham from Urwah, from his father:
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Narrated by (Another chain) from Hisham bin Urwah, from his father:
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Narrated by Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
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