سورة الحاقة

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Fudayl said: I asked him about the meaning of this verse: ... وَ ما هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شاعِرٍ قَلِیلًا ما تُؤْمِنُونَ [And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe]. He said: "Quraysh used to say: Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) fabricates lies against Allah; Allah has not given him such a command concerning Ali (peace be upon him). And Allah sent down this verse upon his eminence."

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): Walid ibn Mughira came to Quraysh and said: "Tomorrow the people will gather at the season [of Hajj], and the matter [of the prophethood] of this man [meaning the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family)] has become widespread among the people, and they will ask you about him; so [in answer to them] what will you say?" Abu Jahl said: "I will say he is mad." Abu Lahab said: "I will say he is a poet." Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt said: "I will say he is a soothsayer (foreteller)." And Walid said: "Rather, I say he is a magician; [for] he causes separation between a man and his wife, and between a man and his brother and his father." Consequently Allah the Exalted revealed [to refute their words these verses]: Nun. By the pen and what they write. (Al-Qalam/1) And likewise this saying: وَ ما هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شاعِرٍ قَلیلاً ما تُؤْمِنُونَ [And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe].