Even thus no apostle came to those before them but they said: "He is a sorcerer or a mad man."
Similarly, whenever a Noble Messenger came to those before them they always said, “He is a magician or a madman.”
Even so not a Messenger came to those before them but they said, 'A sorcerer, or a man possessed!'
[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!”
Likewise, there came not an apostle Unto those before them but they said: a magician or a madman!
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them, but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
Likewise, no messenger came to those before them, but they said, “A sorcerer or a madman.”
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.”
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
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!’
Similarly, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: 'Sorcerer, or mad'
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
In the same way no Messenger came to those who lived before them without his people calling him a magician or an insane person.
Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
Ka<u>tha</u>lika m<u>a</u> at<u>a</u> alla<u>th</u>eena min qablihim min rasoolin ill<u>a</u> q<u>a</u>loo s<u>ah</u>irun aw majnoon<b>un</b>
Likewise, there came no messenger to those before them, but they said, "He is a sorcerer or a madman."
Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!