سورة الذّاریَات
Surah Al-Dhâriyât 51:52
The Scatterers · Verse 52 of 60
كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Even so, no Messenger came to their predecessors but they said, `(He is) a sorcerer, or (rather) a madman,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!
Ahmed Ali
Even thus no apostle came to those before them but they said: "He is a sorcerer or a mad man."
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Ali Unal
Similarly, no Messenger came to the peoples who lived before them but they said of him (in like manner): "A sorcerer or a madman."
Daryabadi
Likewise, there came not an apostle Unto those before them but they said: a magician or a madman!
Faridul Haque
Similarly, whenever a Noble Messenger came to those before them they always said, “He is a magician or a madman.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Thus there came not a messenger to those before them but they said: An enchanter or a madman!
Maulvi Sher Ali
Even so there came no Messenger to those before them, but they said, `A sorcerer or a madman.'
Muhammad Asad
[But] thus it is: never yet came any apostle to those who lived before their time but they said, "A spellbinder [is he], or a madman!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them, but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
Muhammad Pickthall
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
Muhammad Sarwar
In the same way no Messenger came to those who lived before them without his people calling him a magician or an insane person.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Thus there did not come to those before them a messenger but they said: A magician or a mad man.
Rashad Khalifa
Consistently, when a messenger went to the previous generations, they said, "Magician," or, "Crazy."
Shabbir Ahmed
But, thus it is. No Messenger came to those before their time, but they said, “A wizard or a madman!”