Ad-Dukhan 44:14
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A Taught Madman
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمࣱ مَّجۡنُونٌ ١٤
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Then they turned away from him and said: “One taught, a madman.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, at times they said “A foreign slave of Thaqif teaches him”, at times “a madman”; they contradicted themselves.
Reflect
Don’t slander anyone with contradictory claims.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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