Poet

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them.

Do you not see that in every valley they roam¹

And that they say what they do not do? -

Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims]¹ after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.

And We did not give him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur’ān

And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?¹

And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.