The Winnowing Winds
51. Aḏ-Ḏāriyāt
الذاريات
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51:52
كَذَلِكَ
مَا
أَتَى
الَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِم
مِّن
رَّسُولٍ
إِلَّا
قَالُوا
سَاحِرٌ
أَوْ
مَجْنُونٌ
ka-dhālika mā ʾatā lladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin ʾillā qālū sāḥirun ʾaw majnūnun
Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!
— Abdullah Yusufali
So it was that there did not come any apostle to those who were before them but they said, ‘A magician,’ or ‘A crazy man!’