Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
and is not – however little you may [be prepared to] believe it - the word of a poet
Arthur John Arberry
It is not the speech of a poet (little do you believe
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe
Arabic
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤١
Transliteration (2021)
wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn