Surah At-Tur · Ayah 35·Makkī

35

أَمْ مِنْ أَمْ هُمُ ﴿٣٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 3 roots in 4 of 8 words

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār2
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

8 words · 26 letters · āyah 35 of 49

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 7:191 · Al-A'raafclose

    أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?

  • Quran 37:11 · As-Saaffaatclose

    فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ

    Then inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.

  • Quran 43:9 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing."

  • Quran 43:87 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

    And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?

  • Quran 50:15 · Qaafrelated

    أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

  • Quran 19:67 · Maryamrelated

    أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Abasa 80:182 shared roots

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1912 shared roots

    أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Al-Qamar 54:492 shared roots

    إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • An-Nahl 16:202 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Az-Zumar 39:622 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Maryam 19:672 shared roots

    أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 52:35?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 52:35 include Quran 7:191 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 37:11 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 43:9 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 43:87 (Surah Az-Zukhruf). For example, 7:191 reads: “Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 52:35 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 52:35 (Surah At-Tur, The Mount) reads: “Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?”

Which surah is verse 52:35 in?

Quran 52:35 is āyah 35 of Surah At-Tur (The Mount), chapter 52 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 49 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 52:35?

Tartīl presents Quran 52:35 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.