الزَّبُور
Az-Zabūr
Psalms, original revelation given to Prophet Dawud; scriptures/books.
Definition
- 1الزَّبُورAz-ZabūrPsalms, the original revelation given to Prophet Dawud.3
- 2زُبُرzuburScriptures / books.6
Total uses in the Qur’an: 9
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
الزَّبُور · زَبُورًا
إِنَّآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ كَمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍۢ وَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَعِيسَىٰ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ وَهَٰرُونَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًۭا
Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].
4:163draft glosses: 25 of 25
Sense 2
زُبُرٍ · الزُّبُرِ
بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.
16:44draft glosses: 12 of 12
Notes
ⓘThe derivatives of z-b-r ز ب ر (زُبُر zubur ‘pieces of revelation’ and زُبَر zubar ‘blocks’) share the sense of being a big/mighty piece of something.
DawahAgent2026-06-18 · reviewed