كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ ٥٢
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
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كَذَٰلِكَ Likewise kadhālika مَآ not mā أَتَى came atā ٱلَّذِينَ (to) those alladhīna مِن before them min قَبۡلِهِم before them qablihim مِّن any min رَّسُولٍ Messenger rasūlin إِلَّا but illā قَالُواْ they said qālū سَاحِرٌ A magician sāḥirun أَوۡ or aw مَجۡنُونٌ a madman majnūnun Tafsir Like the denial of the people of Makkah, the previous nations denied. No Messenger came to them from Allah except that they said regarding him: “He is a magician or a madman”.
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