What is your esteemed opinion of this verse from the perspective of creed: "And time is nothing but the reciters of my poems; if I speak poetry, time becomes a reciter."

The questioner : He says: What is your esteemed opinion of this verse from the perspective of creed:
"And time is nothing but the reciters of my poems; if I speak poetry, time becomes a reciter"

The Shaykh : Yes, I say as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: Poets always resort to great exaggerations. The poet may not have had a consideration for creed when he said this verse, but it is an exaggeration. He said that time is among the reciters of poems, meaning that if I recite a poem, people will transmit it throughout the ages. So if I speak poetry, time becomes a reciter. He does not mean that if the poet speaks poetry, time stands up and recites forever, but he intends exaggeration. And the poets have said: "The sweetest poetry is the falsest" The sweetest poetry is the falsest. So leave the poets and their exaggerations and their lies.