«وَنُنْكِرُ إِنْ شِئْنَا عَلَى النَّاسِ قَوْلَهُمْ، وَلَا يُنْكِرُونَ الْقَوْلَ حِينَ نَقُولُ»
If we wish, we object to what people say; but they do not object when we speak.
The verse makes a particular human boast about the authority of speech. It should not be treated as semantically identical to the Qur’anic statement “He is not questioned about what He does.” The Qur’anic verse concerns action and uniquely divine sovereignty; the poem concerns speech and human prestige. Verbal brevity cannot cancel this difference in meaning or status.