Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:52 — translation and meaning
الذاريات · Verse 52 / 60 · Page 523
كَذَلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Word by Word
كَذَلِكَ
kadhalika
Likewise
مَا
ma
not
أَتَى
ata
came
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(to) those
مِن
min
before them
قَبْلِهِم
qablihim
before them
مِّن
min
any
رَّسُولٍ
rasulin
Messenger
إِلَّا
illa
but
قَالُوا
qalu
they said
سَاحِرٌ
sahirun
A magician
أَوْ
aw
or
مَجْنُونٌ
majnunun
a madman
Transliteration
Kazaalika maaa atal lazeena min qablihim mir Rasoolin illaa qaaloo saahirun aw majnoon
Translation
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
Verse interpretation (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”.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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