Surah At-Tur 52:35 — translation and meaning

الطور · Verse 35 / 49 · Page 525

أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ

Word by Word

أَمْ
am
Or
خُلِقُوا
khuliqu
were they created
مِنْ
min
of
غَيْرِ
ghayri
nothing
شَيْءٍ
shayin
nothing
أَمْ
am
or
هُمُ
humu
(are) they
الْخَالِقُونَ
al-khaliquna
the creators

Transliteration

Am khuliqoo min ghairi shai'in am humul khaaliqoon

Translation

Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Or have they been created without a creator to create them? Or are they their own creators? The existence of a creation without a creator or a creation which creates itself is impossible, so why do they not worship their own creator?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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