The Winnowing Winds, The Scatterers 51:52

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Arabic English Morphology
كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika
Likewise Noun
مَآ
not Prep
أَتَى atā
came V
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
(to) those Noun
مِن min
before them Prep
before them Noun
مِّن min
any Prep
رَّسُولٍ rasūlin
Messenger Noun
إِلَّا illā
but Prep
they said V
سَاحِرٌ sāḥirun
A magician Noun
or Prep
مَجْنُونٌ majnūnun
a madman Noun

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

كَذَ ٰلِكَ مَاۤ أَتَى ٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ ۝٥٢

kadhālika mā atā alladhīna min qablihim min rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūnu