Tafseer of The Smoke · Ad-Dukhaan · 44:14
Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."
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And in agreement with what we have likewise said concerning His word ( Then they turned away from him and said: an instructed madman ), the exegetes have spoken.
* Mention of who said that:
Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr related to me, saying: Abū ʿĀṣim related to us, saying: ʿĪsā related to us; and al-Ḥārith related to me, saying: al-Ḥasan related to us, saying: Warqāʾ related to us — both of them — on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid ( Then they turned away from him and said: an instructed madman ), he said: they turned away from Muḥammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: an instructed madman.
