Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Adh-Dhaariyat, Ayah 52
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
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(Even so) just as your own people accused you of being a wizard and madman (there came no messenger) calling to Allah (unto those before them) before your people (but they said) to that messenger: (A wizard or a madman!
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Thus there did not come to those who were before them any messenger but they said that he was ‘A sorcerer or a madman!’ in other words their denial of you by saying that you are a sorcerer or a madman was like the denial of communities before them of their messengers by saying that same thing.