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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 105

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ١٠٥

21:105 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 331 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:105

وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ ۝١٠٥

Transliteration

walaqad katabnā fī l-zabūri min baʿdi l-dhik'ri anna l-arḍa yarithuhā ʿibādiya l-ṣāliḥūna

Translation

And We have already written in the book [of Psalms]909 after the [previous] mention910 that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.

Notes

[909] Az-Zabūr can also mean "scriptures" in general.
[910] i.e., the Torah. The "mention" may also refer to the original inscription with Allāh, i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).

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Verse 105 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:105), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 331 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 105

Al-Mukhtasar

I had indeed written in the books I revealed unto the messengers, after I had written it in the Preserved Tablet, that the earth would be ruled by the pious, obedient servants of Allah: they are the nation of Muhammad peace be upon him.

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Other translations of verse 105

We have written in the Psalms44 after the Preserved Record45, that the land will be inherited by My righteous slaves.

Notes

[44] i.e., the Scriptures.
[45] i.e., after inscribing it in al-Lawh al-Mahfūz.

And indeed We have written in Az-Zabûr [i.e. all the revealed Holy Books - the Taurât (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Psalms, the Qur’ân,] after (We have already written in) Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz (the Book that is in the heaven with Allâh), that My righteous slaves shall inherit the land (i.e. the land of Paradise).

And verily we have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder: My righteous slaves will inherit the earth:

Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth."

And certainly We wrote in the Book after the reminder that (as for) the land, My righteous servants shall inherit it.

And indeed We have already written in the Scripture, (The Zabur = the Psalms) even after the Remembrance, (that) "My righteous bondmen will inherit the earth."

Verse 105 word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْ walaqad And verily
  2. كَتَبْنَا katabnā We have written ك ت ب
  3. فِى fī in
  4. ٱلزَّبُورِ l-zabūri the Scripture ز ب ر
  5. مِنۢ min after
  6. بَعْدِ baʿdi after ب ع د
  7. ٱلذِّكْرِ l-dhik'ri the mention ذ ك ر
  8. أَنَّ anna that
  9. ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa the earth أ ر ض
  10. يَرِثُهَا yarithuhā will inherit it و ر ث
  11. عِبَادِىَ ʿibādiya My slaves ع ب د
  12. ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ l-ṣāliḥūna the righteous ص ل ح

Verses related to verse 105

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-A’raf 7:128

    قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلْعَٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

    Said Moses to his people, "Seek help through Allāh and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allāh. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous."

  • Ghafir 40:51

    إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْأَشْهَٰدُ

    Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand -

  • An-Nur 24:55

    وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمَا ٱسْتَخْلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱرْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا يَعْبُدُونَنِى لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِى شَيْـًٔا وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

    Allāh has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient.

  • Ibrahim 14:28–29

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ ٱلْبَوَارِ …

    Have you not considered those who exchanged the favor of Allāh for disbelief and settled their people [in] the home of ruin? …

  • Fussilat 41:44

    وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَانًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَّقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ ءَايَٰتُهُۥٓ ءَا۬عْجَمِىٌّ وَعَرَبِىٌّ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ هُدًى وَشِفَآءٌ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    And if We had made it a foreign [i.e., non-Arabic] Qur’ān, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.

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