Quran 51 : 52

Likewise not came (to) those from before them any Messenger but they said, "A magician or a madman."
كَذَٰلِكَ
Kadhaālika
مَآ
Maa
أَتَى
Aatā
ٱلَّذِينَ
Alladhīna
مِن
Min
قَبْلِهِم
Qablihim
مِّن
Mmin
رَّسُولٍ
Rrasūlin
إِلَّا
Iillā
قَالُوا۟
Qālūa
سَاحِرٌ
Sāḥirun
أَوْ
Aaw
مَجْنُونٌ
Majnūnun
Edward Henry Palmer
Thus there came no apostle to those before them, but they said, 'A sorcerer, mad!
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Similarly, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: 'Sorcerer, or mad!
Mustaqim
Likewise no messenger came to those before them but they said: a magician or possessed.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Likewise, when a messenger went to those before them, they said: "A magician, or crazy."
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Likewise, no messenger came to those before them, but they said, “A magician, or a madman.”
The Wise Quran
Thus there came no messenger to those before them, but they said, 'A magician or a madman.'
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Thus there came not a messenger to those before them but they said: An enchanter or a madman
Bakhtiari Nejad
Similarly, no messenger came to those before them unless they said: “A magician or a madman.”
Sher Ali
Even so there came no Messenger to those before them, but they said, `A sorcerer or a madman.
Abdul Hye
Likewise, whenever a Messenger came to those before them, they said: “A sorcerer or a madman!”
Shakir
Thus there did not come to those before them a messenger but they said: A magician or a mad man
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Likewise, there came not an apostle Unto those before them but they said: a magician or a madman
Arthur John Arberry
Even so not a Messenger came to those before them but they said, 'A sorcerer, or a man possessed!
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Similarly, no messenger came to those before them without being told: “A magician or a madman!”
Safi Kaskas
Similarly, every time a messenger came to those before them, they said, "A magician or a madman."
Talal Itani (2012)
Likewise, no messenger came to those before them, but they said, 'A sorcerer or a madman.'
Wahiduddin Khan
Likewise, there came no messenger to those before them, but they said, He is a sorcerer or a madman
Hilali - Khan
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them, but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
In similar way, no messenger came to those before them, but they said, .(He is) a magician or a madman
Samy Mahdy
Likewise, none among a messenger came to those before them, except they said, “A magician or a madman.”
Ahmed Ali
Even thus no apostle came to those before them but they said: "He is a sorcerer or a mad man."
Corpus.Quran
Likewise not came (to) those before them before them any Messenger but they said A magician or a madman
Amatul Rahman Omar
Even so, no Messenger came to their predecessors but they said, `(He is) a sorcerer, or (rather) a madman
Irving/Hegab
Thus no messenger ever came to those who preceded them unless they said: '[He's] a magician or a madman!'
MunirMezyed2023
Similarly, no Messenger came to those before them, but they said: “He is either a magician or a lunatic."
Abdel Haleem
Every previous people to whom a messenger was sent also said, ‘A sor-cerer, or maybe a madman!’
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
In the same way, whenever any Messenger came to those before them, they said only 'a magician or a madman'.
Aisha Bewley
Equally, no Messenger came to those before them without their saying, ´A magician or a madman!´
Munir Mezyed
Similarly, no ‘Messenger’ came to those before them, but they said: “He is either a magician or a lunatic."
The Study Quran
Likewise, there came no messenger unto those before them, but that they said, “A sorcerer or one possessed.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them, but they said the same: ‘(This is) a magician or a madman.
Mohammad Shafi
Never did a Messenger come to those that preceded them but they called him a magician or a mad-man. Likewise
Fode Drame
Thus never came unto those before them any messenger except that they said, “[He is] a sorcerer or a madman.”
Bijan Moeinian
This is a trend: whenever a Prophet is sent to a people, they would say: “He is a crazy magician.”
Dr. Munir Munshey
Thus, the same was said about every messenger who came before them, "(He is) a magician! A lunatic!"
Musharraf Hussain
This is exactly what previous people did when a messenger was sent, they called him “a magician or a mad man.”
Shabbir Ahmed
But, thus it is. No Messenger came to those before their time, but they said, "A wizard or a madman!"
George Sale
In like manner there came no apostle unto their predecessors, but they said, this man is a magician, or a madman
Linda "iLham" Barto
In the same way, no messenger came to any people before them without their saying, “A sorcerer or one possessed!”
Mir Aneesuddin
Thus, there did not come to those before them any messenger but they said, “A magician or one influenced by jinn.”
Hamid S. Aziz
Thus there did not come to those before them a messenger but they said, "(He is) A sorcerer or a mad man."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
Rashad Khalifa
Consistently, when a messenger went to the previous generations, they said, "Magician," or, "Crazy."
John Medows Rodwell
Even thus came there no apostle to those who flourished before them, but they exclaimed, "Sorcerer, or Possessed."
Muhammad Asad
[But] thus it is: never yet came any apostle to those who lived before their time but they said, “A spel1binde
Faridul Haque
Similarly, whenever a Noble Messenger came to those before them they always said, “He is a magician or a madman.”
Muhammad Sarwar
In the same way no Messenger came to those who lived before them without his people calling him a magician or an insane person
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Like this, no messenger came to the peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, an (evil) magician, or a madman
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
There approached not those who were before them any Messenger but that they said: One who is a sorcerer or one who is possessed!
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Thus in no way did (any) Messenger come up to the ones even before them except that they said, "A sorcerer or a madman."
N J Dawood 2014
Thus no apostle ever came to those before them¹ but that they said: ‘Sorcerer!‘ or ‘A man possessed!‘
T.B.Irving
Thus no messenger ever came to those who preceded them unless they said: ´[He´s] a magician or a madman!´
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Similarly, no messenger came to the peoples before them, except that they said of him in like manner, “A deceiver, or one possessed.
Dr. Kamal Omar
Likewise, there did not come to those before them, out of a Messenger, but they said (about him): “A sorcerer or a fanatic.”
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Similarly, no messenger came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
As/like that none from a messenger came to those from before them except (that) they said: "A magician/sorcerer, or mad/insane."
Ali Ünal
Similarly, no Messenger came to the peoples who lived before them but they said of him (in like manner): "A sorcerer or a madman."
Ali Quli Qara'i
So it was that there did not come to those who were before them any apostle but they said, ‘A magician,’ or ‘A crazy man!’
Maududi
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."
Ahmed Hulusi
This is (the truth of the matter)! There came not to those before them a Rasul (calling them to Allah, their essential reality), except that they said, “A magician or a madman.”