The Holy Quran 69:41 — Surah Al-Haqqah

Arabic text

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

Translation

It is not the speech of a poet. (However, despite the proofs,) Few are those (of you) who Have Imaan.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The Quran is not poetry: that is, regarding the Quran being the Word of Allah, a glimmer of conviction does sometimes come into your hearts, but very slight, not enough for salvation. In the end you brush it aside by calling it poetry and the like. Can you really say in fairness that this could be the word of some poet and belongs to the category of verse?

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