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The Zabur

الزبور

The Zabur in Islamic conception is the book revealed to David; Ibn al-Nadim counts it among God's sent-down books, a hundred and fifty psalms 1, and al-Tha'labi names it with the Tawrat, Injil and Furqan among what God sent down 2.

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The Zabur in Islamic conception is the book revealed to David; Ibn al-Nadim counts it among the books God sent down — a hundred and fifty psalms 1.

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Al-Tha'labi names the Zabur with the Tawrat, Injil and Furqan among the books God sent down 2.

People and things also explored

Abraham and the one who argued with him about his Lord· al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· Delivery of the message and the limit of the Prophet's charge· Raising the foundations of the House: who built the Ka'ba· The religious bequest: submission until death· Badr as a sign and a lesson· Belief in the messengers without distinction· The completion of the final message of earlier ones

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  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. Tha'labi, Qisas al-Anbiya' (edition under OCR, not yet verified)
  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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islam.museum contributors. “The Zabur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/zabur/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.

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Abraham and the one who argued with him about his Lord

Sha'rawi reads the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord as the agent of the argument, with Abraham as its object. He declines to name him, holds that the vagueness is intended so the lesson applies in every age, and answers those who name him. He reports that Abraham moved the argument from giving life and death to the rising of the sun.