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Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)

Verse 52of 60

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ﴿٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

Word-by-word meaning

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewise
مَآnot
أَتَىatācame
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those
مِنminbefore them
قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
مِّنminany
رَّسُولٍrasūlinMessenger
إِلَّاillābut
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
سَاحِرٌsāḥirunA magician
أَوْawor
مَجْنُونٌmajnūnuna madman

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

All Messengers met the Same Type of Denial from Their NationsAllah comforts His Prophet by saying to Him, `just as these idolators denied you, the disbelievers of old used the same words with their Messengers,'كَذَلِكَ مَآ أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ قَالُواْ سَـحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ(Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!") Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said,أَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِهِ(Have they transmitted this saying to these)...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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