Quran 51:52 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Every previous people to whom a messenger was sent also said, ‘A sor-cerer, or maybe a madman!’
كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
kadhālika mā atā alladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Even so not a Messenger came to those before them but they said, 'A sorcerer, or a man possessed!'
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] thus it is: never yet came any apostle to those who lived before their time but they said, “A spellbinder [Lit., "sorcerer".] [is he], or a madman!”
- Sahih International
- Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Likewise | — |
| 2 | مَآmā | not | — |
| 3 | أَتَىatā | came | أتي |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (to) those | — |
| 5 | مِنmin | before them | — |
| 6 | قَبْلِهِمqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 7 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 8 | رَّسُولٍrasūlin | Messenger | رسل |
| 9 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 10 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 11 | سَاحِرٌsāḥirun | A magician | سحر |
| 12 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 13 | مَجْنُونٌmajnūnun | a madman | جنن |