Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
He is nothing but a madman: so bear with him for a while.”
Arthur John Arberry
He is naught but a man bedevilled; so wait on him for a time
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(And some said): "He is only a man possessed: wait (and have patience) with him for a time."
Arabic
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلُۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةࣱ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِینࣲ ٢٥
Transliteration (2021)
in huwa illā rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabbaṣū bihi ḥattā ḥīni