196 Preface وَإِنَّهُ لَفي زُبُرِ الأَوَّلينَYusuf AliWithout doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books1 of former peoples.The word Zubur, used here, is plural of Zabur, which is mentioned in the Qur-ān as the Book revealed to the Prophet Dawud. It has also been used in the Qur-ān in the generic sense of “Book” (54:52). Here the word refers to the earlier Revelations. (Eds.). (Cf. n. 2759).