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وَمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ وَقُرْءَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿٦٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And We did not give Prophet Muhammad, knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur'an

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
عَلَّمْنَـٰهُʿallamnāhuWe taught him
ٱلشِّعْرَl-shiʿ'ra[the] poetry
وَمَاwamāand not
يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīit is befitting
لَهُۥٓ ۚlahufor him
إِنْinNot
هُوَhuwait
إِلَّاillā(is) except
ذِكْرٌۭdhik'runa Reminder
وَقُرْءَانٌۭwaqur'ānunand a Quran
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah tells us that the longer the son of Adam lives, the more he becomes weak after being strong, and incapable after being able and activeThis is like the Ayah:اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفاً وَشَيْبَةً يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ(Allah is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave weakness and gray hair.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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