Surah Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات) • The Winnowing Winds

Quran 51:52

51:52

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

kadhālika mā atā alladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūnun

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

— Saheeh International

Every previous people to whom a messenger was sent also said, ‘A sor-cerer, or maybe a madman!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 27Page 523meccan

Word by Word

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewise
مَآmānot
أَتَىatācame
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those
مِنminbefore them
قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
مِّنminany
رَّسُولٍrasūlinMessenger
إِلَّاillābut
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
سَاحِرٌsāḥirunA magician
أَوْawor
مَجْنُونٌmajnūnuna madman