Quran 44:14 — Ad-Dukhaan, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
they turned their backs on him, saying, ‘He is tutored! He is possessed!’
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجْنُونٌ
thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- then they turned away from him and said, 'A man tutored, possessed!'
- Muhammad Asad
- whereupon they turned their backs on him and said, “Taught [by others] is he, a madman”?
- Sahih International
- Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallaw | they turned away | ولي |
| 3 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from him | — |
| 4 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | and said | قول |
| 5 | مُعَلَّمٌۭmuʿallamun | One taught | علم |
| 6 | مَّجْنُونٌmajnūnun | a mad man | جنن |