Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
The Saheeh International Quran Translation
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌSimilarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."