"We know that it saddens you what they say," that you are a sorcerer, that you are a poet, that you are a soothsayer, and that you are possessed.
Al-Kalbi said:
It weighed heavily upon him and saddened him, so Allah, may He be exalted, informed him that they do not call you a liar, for they have recognized that you are truthful, "but the wrongdoers deny the verses of Allah."
Muhammad said: Whoever recites "la yukadhidbunaka" (they do not call you a liar) with the shaddah (ta) [as takhdhibunaka], the meaning is: they do not attribute falsehood to you. And whoever recites "la yakdhibunaka" with the takhfif (lightening of the letter), the meaning is: they do not find you to be a liar.
﴿قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُ لَيَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِي يَقُولُونَ﴾ إِنَّكَ ساحرٌ، وَإِنَّكَ شَاعِرٌ، وَإِنَّكَ كَاهِنٌ، وَإِنَّكَ مَجْنُونٌ.
قَالَ الْكَلْبِيُّ:
شَقَّ عَلَيْهِ وَحَزِنَ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ اللَّهُ ﷿ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يُكَذِّبُونَكَ، وَقَدْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ ﴿وَلَكِنَّ الظَّالِمين بآيَات الله يجحدون﴾.
قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: مَنْ قَرَأَ ﴿لَا يكذبُونَك﴾ بِالتَّخْفِيفِ، فَالْمَعْنَى: لَا يَلْفُونَكَ كَاذِبًا، وَمن قَرَأَ ﴿لَا يكذبُونَك﴾ فَالْمَعْنَى: لَا يَنْسِبُونَكَ إِلَى الْكَذِبِ.
