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Ya-Sin 69

Ayah 69 of 83 · Meccan

وَمَا عَلَّمۡنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعۡرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُۥٓۚ إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ وَقُرۡءَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ٦٩

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. عَلَّمۡنَٰهُWe taught himʿallamnāhu
  3. ٱلشِّعۡرَ[the] poetryl-shiʿ'ra
  4. وَمَاand notwamā
  5. يَنۢبَغِيit is befittingyanbaghī
  6. لَهُۥٓۚfor himlahu
  7. إِنۡNotin
  8. هُوَithuwa
  9. إِلَّا(is) exceptillā
  10. ذِكۡرٞa Reminderdhik'run
  11. وَقُرۡءَانٞand a Quranwaqur'ānun
  12. مُّبِينٞclearmubīnun

Tafsir

I did not teach Muhammad (peace be upon him) poetry and nor is that appropriate for him, because it is not his nature and his disposition does not demand it so that you can claim that he is a poet. What I have taught him is only a admonition and a clear Qur’ān for those who ponder over it. It is not poetry.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran