أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ٣٥
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَمۡOram
- خُلِقُواْthey were createdkhuliqū
- مِنۡofmin
- غَيۡرِnothingghayri
- شَيۡءٍnothingshayin
- أَمۡoram
- هُمُ(are) theyhumu
- ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَthe creatorsl-khāliqūna
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?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran