As for the poets, only those who go astray follow them.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (as for poets) 'abdullah ibn al-zib'ari and his host who composed poetry, (the erring follow them) those who transmit poetry relate it from them.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : as for the poets, [only] the perverse follow them, in their poetry, propounding it and reciting it on their behalf to others; they are thus reprehensible.
