55 Preface وَرَبُّكَ أَعلَمُ بِمَن فِي السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ ۗ وَلَقَد فَضَّلنا بَعضَ النَّبِيّينَ عَلىٰ بَعضٍ ۖ وَآتَينا داوودَ زَبورًاYusuf AliAnd it is your Lord that knoweth best all beings that are in the heavens1 and on earth: We did bestow on some prophets more (and other) gifts than on others: and We gave to David (the gift of) the Psalms.2Not only are we not to judge other ordinary men and carp at them, we are not to set up false standards for judging the Prophets of God, If one was born of the unlearned Arab race, he yet was a mercy to all the worlds. If one spoke to God as Kalim God or another’s life as Ruh God begun with a spiritual miracle; it does not imply superiority. It only means that God’s wisdom is more profound than we can fathom. (R).The spiritual gifts with which the prophets came may themselves take different forms, according to the needs of the world and the times in which they lived, as judged by the wisdom of God. A striking example here given is the gift of song and music as given to David, but it implies no superiority of David over others. David was given the Zabur, the psalter or Psalms, intended to be sung for the worship of God and the celebration of God’s praise. For the Book of Psalms, see the last part of n. 669 to 4:163, where exactly the same words are used about David.