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Surah Ad-Dukhaan (44) — Ayah 14

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ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ ﴿14﴾
Then they had turned away from him (Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) and said: (He is) one taught (by a human being), a madman!"
ثُمَّ thumma Then
تَوَلَّوْا۟ tawallaw they turned away
عَنْهُ ʿanhu from him
وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū and said
مُعَلَّمٌۭ muʿallamun One taught
مَّجْنُونٌ majnūnun a mad man

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14. Then they turned away from him (the Messenger) and said, "He is a taught, possessed [9] madman."

[9] That is, sometimes they would say that some non-Arab teaches him the Quran, and then he presents it from himself to us, claiming that this is the word of Allah which has been revealed to him. And when you claimed that if people believe in Allah's call, they would become masters of both Arabs and non-Arabs, they began to call you insane. Thus, these are two separate accusations of the disbelievers, which have been mentioned together here.