كَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَتَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun
Likewise not came (to) those before them any Messenger but they said, "A magician or a madman."
[But] thus it is: never yet came any apostle to those who lived before their time but they said, A spelbinder
Similarly, no apostle came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
Thus there came not a messenger to those before them but they said: An enchanter or a madman!
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."