105 Preface وَلَقَد كَتَبنا فِي الزَّبورِ مِن بَعدِ الذِّكرِ أَنَّ الأَرضَ يَرِثُها عِبادِيَ الصّالِحونَYusuf AliBefore this We wrote in the Psalms,1 after the Message (given to Moses):2 My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth.”Zabur. the Book of the Psalms of David. The name of David is expressly mentioned in connection with the Zabum in 4:163 and 17:55, although there the indefinite article is applied to the word as meaning a Book of Scripture. See Psalms 25:13, “his seed shall inherit the earth”: 37:11, “the meek shall inherit the earth” (quoted by Jesus in Matt. 5:5); and 37:29, “the righteous shall inherit the land.” (R).The same promise occurs in the Pentateuch, Exod. 32:13, “they shall inherit it (the land) forever.”