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- Definition of zabur in the Definitions.net dictionary. Is, according to Islam, the holy book of Dawud (David), one of the holy books revealed by Allah before the.
- And as King he was ‘given’ wisdom in ‘speech’ by Allah himself. These songs and poems of Dawood (PBUH) were recorded and form the first book of the Zabur (or Zaboor) – what is known as the Psalms. Because the wisdom of his words were given to him by Allah, these records of Dawood (PBUH) were also Holy and inspired like the Taurat.
- The 3 holy books are known as the Tawrat, Zabur, and Injil. This paper will not deal with the Muslim belief in abrogation of previous scriptures, nor will it major on the Muslim belief in the corruption of the scriptures by Jews and Christians. The purpose of this paper is to examine the various opinions held regarding these 3 holy books.
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The Zabur according to the Quran
The Zabur mentioned in the Qur'an refers to the Psalms of the Old Testament. The Qur'an asserts that the Zabur is one of the three previous revelations of Allah (The other two being the Taurat and Injil). Although the Zabur is only mentioned three times in the Qur'an, Allah tells us that he revealed them to Dawud (the Biblical King David).
Qur'an References to the Zabur
Lo! We inspire thee as We inspired Noah and the prophets after him, as We inspired Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and as We imparted unto David the Psalms;
And thy Lord is Best Aware of all who are in the heavens and the earth. And we preferred some of the prophets above others, and unto David We gave the Psalms.
Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth.'
Hadith References to the Zabur
Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet said, 'The reciting of the Zabur (i.e. Psalms) was made easy for David. He used to order that his riding animals be saddled, and would finish reciting the Zabur before they were saddled. And he would never eat except from the earnings of his manual work.'
Narrated 'Imran:Once we were traveling with the Prophet and we carried on traveling till the last part of the night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last part of the night. So it was only the heat of the sun that made us to wake up and the first to wake up was so and so, then so and so and then so and so (the narrator 'Auf said that Abu Raja' had told him their names but he had forgotten them) and the fourth person to wake up was 'Umar bin Al-Khattab. And whenever the Prophet used to sleep, nobody would wake up him till he himself used to get up as we did not know what was happening (being revealed) to him in his sleep. So, 'Umar got up and saw the condition of the people, and he was a strict man, so he said, 'Allahu Akbar' and raised his voice with Takbir, and kept on saying loudly till the Prophet got up because of it. When he got up, the people informed him about what had happened to them. He said, 'There is no harm (or it will not be harmful). Depart!' So they departed from that place, and after covering some distance the Prophet stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution. So he performed the ablution and the call for the prayer was pronounced and he led the people in prayer. After he finished from the prayer, he saw a man sitting aloof who had not prayed with the people. He asked, 'O so and so! What has prevented you from praying with us?' He replied, 'I am Junub and there is no water. ' The Prophet said, 'Perform Tayammum with (clean) earth and that is sufficient for you.'
Then the Prophet proceeded on and the people complained to him of thirst. Thereupon he got down and called a person (the narrator 'Auf added that Abu Raja' had named him but he had forgotten) and 'Ali, and ordered them to go and bring water. So they went in search of water and met a woman who was sitting on her camel between two bags of water. They asked, 'Where can we find water?' She replied, 'I was there (at the place of water) this hour yesterday and my people are behind me.' They requested her to accompany them. She asked, 'Where?' They said, 'To Allah's Apostle .' She said, 'Do you mean the man who is called the Sabi, (with a new religion)?' They replied, 'Yes, the same person. So come along.' They brought her to the Prophet and narrated the whole story. He said, 'Help her to dismount.' The Prophet asked for a pot, then he opened the mouths of the bags and poured some water into the pot. Then he closed the big openings of the bags and opened the small ones and the people were called upon to drink and water their animals. So they all watered their animals and they (too) all quenched their thirst and also gave water to others and last of all the Prophet gave a pot full of water to the person who was Junub and told him to pour it over his body. The woman was standing and watching all that which they were doing with her water. By Allah, when her water bags were returned the looked like as if they were more full (of water) than they had been before (Miracle of Allah's Apostle) Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something for her; so dates, flour and Sawiq were collected which amounted to a good meal that was put in a piece of cloth. She was helped to ride on her camel and that cloth full of food-stuff was also placed in front of her and then the Prophet said to her, 'We have not taken your water but Allah has given water to us.' She returned home late. Her relatives asked her: 'O so and so what has delayed you?' She said, 'A strange thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is called the Sabi' and he did such and such a thing. By Allah, he is either the greatest magician between this and this (gesturing with her index and middle fingers raising them towards the sky indicating the heaven and the earth) or he is Allah's true Apostle.'Afterwards the Muslims used to attack the pagans around her abode but never touched her village. One day she said to her people, 'I think that these people leave you purposely. Have you got any inclination to Islam?' They obeyed her and all of them embraced Islam.
Abu 'Abdultah said: The word Saba'a means 'The one who has deserted his old religion and embraced a new religion.' Abul 'Ailya said, 'The Sabis are a sect of people of the Scripture who recite the Book of Psalms.' Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet said, 'The recitation of Psalms (David's Quran) was made light and easy for David that he used to have his ridding animal be saddled while he would finish the recitation before the servant had saddled it.'
Muslim Claims about the Zabur
The Qur'an claims to confirms the previous revelations thus Muslims present evidence of this by quoting Qur'an 21:5 (above) and Psalms 37:29 . Here they are together:
Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth.'
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
However, as evidenced by the Bukhari hadith above, Muhammad and his companions had access to recitations of the Psalms (as they did the other 'previous revelations'), so it would seem that this 'confirmation' is in no way 'miraculous'.
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Islamic books are those books that guide Muslims in all aspects of their lives. The laws that are stated by Allah which governs all aspects of their lives are mentioned in these books and Muslims believe these books to be holy and follow them with complete faith.
Quran
Quran is considered to be the most sacred books among Muslims. Quran is the main and the central book in Islam that every Muslim follows without any doubts as it is said to be revealed by Allah to Prophet Muhammad through angel Gabriel. It took around 23 years for the complete book to be revealed. As the text were dictated by Muhammad, many of his companions wrote down the book. There are 114 chapters in Quran, from which the first chapter is recited the most. Download The Holy Quran PDF here
Sunnah
Sunnah consists of written records of what was preached by Prophet Muhammad and also what was interpreted by the actions and sayings of the prophet. The Sunnah consists of laws describing how a Muslim is supposed to lead his life. The teachings of Quran and the Sunnah, when combined together forms the basis of the law that governs a Muslim’s life, the Shariah law. It is considered compulsory for all the Muslims to live his/her life as per mentioned in the Sunnah and Shariah law.
Tawrat
According to Islam, there are four books that were revealed by Allah to the prophets – Moses, David, Jesus and Muhammad. As mentioned in Quran, Musa was the one who received the Tawrat from Allah on the mount Sinai. The literal meaning of the word is instruction or the way of guidance. As the book has been translated many number of times, Muslims do not believe the book to be in its original form anymore.
Zabur
Before Quran, there were three books that were revealed to the prophets and Zabur is one of those four books and is considered holy by the Muslims. The book was authored by Dawud, when it revealed to him by Allah. The book is said to be revealed to him as chants. Even though the original texts of the book is said to be lost, most of the Muslims read and follow it.
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Injil
Injil is one of the four holy books of Muslims that was revealed to Jesus by god. It is believed by many that Injil points towards the new testament, but it has been stated as per many scholars that the Injil points towards Gospel – not the translated one, but the original one that was truly revealed to Jesus. According to Muslims, Jesus was a prophet, not the god himself.
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These are the books that must be read by all the Muslims at least once in their lifetime. These holy books of Islam not only teaches them about the foundation of their faith, but also describes their behaviour in the contemporary world. These books are a must-read for those who want to learn about Islam and its people.