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What is the validity of the claim that some verses of the Qur'an are in the meter of some of the meters of poetry?

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the validity of the claim that some verses of the Qur'an are in the meter of some of the meters of poetry?

The Shaykh:
A liar, the one who says this is a liar. The Qur'an is not poetry, nor is it from the meters of poetry. Yes.

The presenter:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father.

The Shaykh:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And it is not the word of a poetوَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ
[Al-Haqqah 69:41]
. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2567- 4717] ما صحة ما يقال من أن بعض آيات القرآن على وزن بعض بحور الشعر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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