What in the Quran was explained through poetry

Ikrimah said: When Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about the interpretation of any verse of the Noble Qur'an, he would recite poems of the Arabs in reply.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I did not know the correct meaning of this verse of the Noble Qur'an, Our Lord, judge between us and our people with truth [Al-A'raf: 89], until I heard these words of the daughter of Dhu Yazan: 'Ta'al ufatihka' (Come, I will take you to judgment).

Amir said: In the verse of the Noble Qur'an, And at once they will be on al-sahirah [Al-Nazi'at: 14], al-sahirah means the earth. Then he recited this verse of poetry by Umayyah as evidence: 'Wa fiha lahmu sahiratin wa bahrin' (And in it is the meat of the land and the sea).

Sa'id bin Jubayr said regarding the word al-qani', which occurs in Surah al-Hajj of the Noble Qur'an: It means the one who begs. Then he recited this verse of poetry by al-Shammakh: 'La-malu al-mar'i yuslihuhu fa-yughni mafaqirahu a'affu min al-qunu'i' (A man's wealth, which he manages well so that it relieves his needs, is more chaste than begging).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A zanim is a person who is base and is attached to a people to whom he does not belong. Then he recited this verse of poetry: 'Zanimun tada'ahu al-rijalu ziyadatan kama zida fi 'ardi al-adimi al-akari'u' (A zanim whom men claim as a mere addition, as shanks are added on to the breadth of a hide).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) would read the word 'daarasta', which occurs in Surah al-An'am of the Noble Qur'an, and then he would say: 'Darisun ka-ta'mi al-sabbi wa al-'alqami' (Darisun, like the taste of bitter aloe and colocynth).

Al-Kahf said: In the verse of the Noble Qur'an, So among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [Al-Ahzab: 23], nahbahu means his vow. Then he would recite this verse of poetry: 'Qadat min Yathriba nahbaha fa-istamarrat' (She fulfilled her vow from Yathrib and then went on).