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Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (51) — Ayah 52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ﴿52﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Likewise
مَآ
mā
not
أَتَى
atā
came
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(to) those
مِن
min
before them
قَبْلِهِم
qablihim
before them
مِّن
min
any
رَّسُولٍ
rasūlin
Messenger
إِلَّا
illā
but
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
سَاحِرٌ
sāḥirun
A magician
أَوْ
aw
or
مَجْنُونٌ
majnūnun
a madman
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52. Similarly, no messenger came to those before them but they said, "A sorcerer or a madman [45]."
[45]
Every Prophet Has Been Called a Magician and a Madman:
That is, the titles of magician and madman that have been given to you by the disbelievers of Makkah—you are not unique in receiving these titles. Rather, previous nations also bestowed these same titles upon their respective messengers. The disbelievers called the messengers magicians because, sometimes at the demand of the disbelievers and sometimes without any demand, such events would occur through these prophets that were extraordinary, which are also called miracles. And they called them madmen because the message that the prophet presented was contrary to the temperament and beliefs of the entire nation, and by presenting this message, the messenger would invite the opposition of the whole nation. And this, in the eyes of those people, was madness.
[45]
Every Prophet Has Been Called a Magician and a Madman:
That is, the titles of magician and madman that have been given to you by the disbelievers of Makkah—you are not unique in receiving these titles. Rather, previous nations also bestowed these same titles upon their respective messengers. The disbelievers called the messengers magicians because, sometimes at the demand of the disbelievers and sometimes without any demand, such events would occur through these prophets that were extraordinary, which are also called miracles. And they called them madmen because the message that the prophet presented was contrary to the temperament and beliefs of the entire nation, and by presenting this message, the messenger would invite the opposition of the whole nation. And this, in the eyes of those people, was madness.
