69 Preface وَما عَلَّمناهُ الشِّعرَ وَما يَنبَغي لَهُ ۚ إِن هُوَ إِلّا ذِكرٌ وَقُرآنٌ مُبينٌYusuf AliWe have not instructed the (Prophet) in Poetry,1 nor is it meet for him: this is no less than a Message and a Qur-ān making things clear:Cf. 26:224 and n. 3237. Here “Poetry” is used as connoting fairy tales, imaginary descriptions, things futile, false, or obscure, such as decadent Poetry is, whereas the Qur-ān is a practical guide, true and clear.