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Ash-Shu'ara 224

Ayah 224 of 227 · Meccan

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُAnd the poets wal-shuʿarāu
  2. يَتَّبِعُهُمُfollow themyattabiʿuhumu
  3. ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَthe deviatorsl-ghāwūna

Tafsir

And as for the poets that you claim Muhammad (peace be upon him) is from, those deviant from the path of guidance and steadfastness follow them and relate whatever poetry they say.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran