The Quran

سورة الطُّور

Surah Al-Tûr 52:35

The Mount · Verse 35 of 49

أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Have they been created without a (creative) agency (or purpose)? Or are they their own creators?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

Ahmed Ali

Or were they created of themselves? Or are they the creators?

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Ali Unal

Or were they created without anything being before them (or out of something different than the basic material of all creation, so that they know things others do not), or are they the creators (of themselves, so that they can maintain themselves and are free in their acts)?

Daryabadi

Have they not been created by aught, or are they the creators?

Faridul Haque

Have they not been created from some source, or are they themselves the creators?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or were they created without a (creative) agency? Or are they the creators?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Have they been created without a purpose, or are they themselves the creators?

Muhammad Asad

[Or do they deny the existence of God?] Have they themselves been created without anything [that might have caused their creation? - or were they, perchance, their own creators?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

Muhammad Pickthall

Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?

Muhammad Sarwar

Have they been created from nothing or are they themselves their own creators?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Or were they created without there being anything, or are they the creators?

Rashad Khalifa

Were they created from nothing? Are they the creators?

Shabbir Ahmed

Are they a product of spontaneous generation? Or were they their own creators?

Commentary 52:35 According to Shaukânî minnمن stands for lâلا conveying the meaning, “Have they been created without a creative agency for nothing and without any…

أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ

52:35 According to Shaukânî minnمن stands for lâلا conveying the meaning, “Have they been created without a creative agency for nothing and without any purpose?” This and the following verses give an answer to three questions: Who created them? Why were they created? Out of what were they created? (cf.: 17:88; 11:13; 10:38)