Or even do they say, "He is a poet for whom we await the uncertainty (i.e., the calamity of death; literally: the suspicion of fortune or fate) of fortune?"
Do they say: "He is but a poet! We are waiting for some misfortune to befall him."
Dr. Munir Munshey
And they say, "(He is) a poet! Let us wait. An adverse turn of fortune may just do him in!"
Dr. Kamal Omar
Or do they say: “ Is he a poet? We await doubt and suspicion which people will have about the Divine‘good and grace’ (which some relate to his person).”
Or do they say, “He is a poet... Let us wait and see how his end will be”!
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Or do they insolently say: " He is a poet, he can fool the people some of the time; we will keep him in view to observe his actions until the encounter with death?"