وَمَا

هُوَ

بِقَوۡلِ

شَاعِرٖۚ

قَلِيلٗا

مَّا

تُؤۡمِنُونَ

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It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.

Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.

˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.

Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name,

We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,

then severed his aorta,

and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!