وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٦
And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Literally, "possessed by jinn."
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَقَالُواْAnd they saywaqālū
- يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
- ٱلَّذِي(to) whomalladhī
- نُزِّلَhas been sent downnuzzila
- عَلَيۡهِ[on him]ʿalayhi
- ٱلذِّكۡرُthe Reminderl-dhik'ru
- إِنَّكَindeed, youinnaka
- لَمَجۡنُونٞ(are) surely madlamajnūnun
Tafsir
The disbelievers from Makkah said to the Messenger (peace be upon him): O you to whom the remembrance was revealed (as the Messenger himself used to claim), your claims make you out to be one who is possessed, and you behave as possessed people do.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran