14ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوا عَنهُ وَقالوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجنونٌMuhammad Asadwhereupon they turned their backs on him and said, "Taught [by others] is he,1 a madman"?A reference to the allegation of the Prophet's opponents that someone else had "imparted" to him the ideas expressed in the Qur'an (see 16:103 and the corresponding notes 129 and 130), or at least had "helped" him to compose it (cf. 25:4 and notes 5 and 6).