Al-Qur'an Surah Adh-Dhariyat Verse 52

Mufti Taqi Usmani

In similar way, no messenger came to those before them, but they said, “(He is) a magician or a madman.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!”

Ruwwad Translation Center

Likewise, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician, or a madman!”

A. J. Arberry

Even so not a Messenger came to those before them but they said, 'A sorcerer, or a man possessed!'

Abdul Haleem

Every previous people to whom a messenger was sent also said, ‘A sor-cerer, or maybe a madman!’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Likewise, there came not an apostle Unto those before them but they said: a magician or 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"!

Abul Ala Maududi

Thus has it been (in the past): never did a Messenger come to the nations that preceded them but they said: “(He is) a sorcerer, or a mad-man.”

Ahmed Ali

Even thus no apostle came to those before them but they said: "He is a sorcerer or a mad man."

Ahmed Raza Khan

Similarly, whenever a Noble Messenger came to those before them they always said, “He is a magician or a madman.”

Ali Quli Qarai

So it was that there did not come any apostle to those who were before them but they said, ‘A magician,’ or ‘A crazy man!’

Ali Ünal

Similarly, no Messenger came to the peoples who lived before them but they said of him (in like manner): "A sorcerer or a madman."

Amatul Rahman Omar

Even so, no Messenger came to their predecessors but they said, `(He is) a sorcerer, or (rather) a madman,

English Literal

As/like that none from a messenger came to those from before them except (that) they said: "A magician/sorcerer, or mad/insane."

Faridul Haque

Similarly, whenever a Noble Messenger came to those before them they always said, “He is a magician or a madman.”

Hamid S. Aziz

Thus there did not come to those before them a messenger but they said, "(He is) A sorcerer or a mad man."

Hilali & Khan

Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them, but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And do not set up with Allah another god. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.

Mohammed Marmaduke William 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.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Similarly, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: 'Sorcerer, or mad'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"

Wahiduddin Khan

Likewise, there came no messenger to those before them, but they said, "He is a sorcerer or a madman."

Talal Itani

Likewise, no messenger came to those before them, but they said, “A sorcerer or a madman.”

Tafsir jalalayn

Thus there did not come to those who were before them any messenger but they said, that he was; `A sorcerer, or a madman!', in other words, their denial of you, by saying that you are a sorcerer or a madman, was like the denial of communities before them of their messengers by saying that [same thing].

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

All Messengers met the Same Type of Denial from Their Nations

Allah 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 مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ 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