هَل أُنَبِّئُكُم عَلىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّياطينُ
Should I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
تَنَزَّلُ عَلىٰ كُلِّ أَفّاكٍ أَثيمٍ
They descend upon every sinful liar.
يُلقونَ السَّمعَ وَأَكثَرُهُم كاذِبونَ
They lend an ear, but most of them are liars.
وَالشُّعَراءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الغاوونَ
As for the poets, the deviators follow them.
أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّهُم في كُلِّ وادٍ يَهيمونَ
Don’t you see how they ramble in every style?
وَأَنَّهُم يَقولونَ ما لا يَفعَلونَ
And that they say what they don’t do?