Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Adh-Dhaariyat, Ayah 52
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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.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(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!