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Surah 21 is a Meccan chapter that functions as a "Prophetic Catalog." Its primary objective is to demonstrate that the message brought by Muhammad is not a theological novelty but the final link in an unbroken chain of divine revelation.
The Quran provides a direct, verifiable quote from the previous scriptures, specifically identifying the source by name making total corruption historically and textually impossible.
The verse is a near-verbatim quote of Psalm 37:29: "The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever."
To quote a specific verse as "written by We (Allah)" is to certify the textual integrity of that verse. If the Quran can quote the Psalms accurately in the 7th century, it proves that the Psalms were not "lost" or "distorted" beyond recognition.
We have the Book of Psalms in the Dead Sea Scrolls (dating 700+ years before Muhammad). The text we have matches the quote in Surah 21:105. Therefore, the Quran is endorsing a text that we can physically inspect.
By stating this was written in the Psalms after the Reminder (Torah), the Quran creates a structural dependency.
If the Torah (The Reminder) and the Psalms (The Scripture) were corrupted, the Quran is quoting a "corrupted" text to prove a "divine" point. If the Quran's author knew enough to quote Psalm 37, he was endorsing the Book of Psalms as a whole.
If you endorse the Psalms, you endorse Psalm 2 ("You are my Son"), Psalm 22 (The Crucifixion), and Psalm 110 (The Lordship of the Messiah). You cannot cite Psalm 37 as the "Word of Allah" while calling Psalm 2 "Shirk."
The Quran uses the past tense Katabna ("We have written").
This implies that the written decree in the Psalms is an immutable part of God’s plan. If the "righteous" who inherit the earth are the ones described in the Psalms (those who trust in the Lord and wait for His Messiah), then the Quran is pointing to the Christian/Jewish definition of righteousness, which is grounded in the Biblical Covenant, not the Islamic one.
Surah 21:105 contains a direct quote from the Book of Psalms (Psalm, 37:29).
By quoting this verse, the Quran admits that the 'Zabur' (Psalms) is the authentic Word of God and was available to be read and quoted.
We have the Psalms from long before the Quran was written, and they match the quote in your Book. This proves the Psalms were not corrupted.
If you accept the Psalms as the Word of God (as Surah 21:105 does), you must accept what the Psalms say about Jesus—that He is the Son of God (Psalm 2:7) and that His hands and feet would be pierced (Psalm 22:16).
You cannot use the Psalms to prove the Quran is true (v. 105) and then claim the Psalms are false when they prove the Gospel is true.
Which is it: Are the Psalms the protected Word of Allah, or did Allah quote a corrupted book?"