Surah At-Tur · Ayah 36·Makkī

36

أَمْ بَل لَّا ﴿٣٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 9 points across 3 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām shamsiyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 29 letters · āyah 36 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 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 40:57 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.

  • Quran 46:3 · Al-Ahqafclose

    مَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُوا۟ مُعْرِضُونَ

    We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are…

  • Quran 50:6 · Qaafclose

    أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

    Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

  • Quran 30:8 · Ar-Roomclose

    أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآئِ رَبِّهِمْ لَكَٰفِرُونَ

    Do they not contemplate within themselves? Allah has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of…

  • Quran 21:30 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَٰهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not…

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.

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:73 shared roots

    رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

    ي-ق-نس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:243 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

    ي-ق-نس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:202 shared roots

    وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ

    ي-ق-نأ-ر-ض

  • Al-An'aam 6:753 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُرِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُوقِنِينَ

    ي-ق-نس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:443 shared roots

    خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    خ-ل-قس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:42 shared roots

    وَفِى خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

    ي-ق-نخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 52:36?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 52:36 include Quran 43:9 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 40:57 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 46:3 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), and Quran 50:6 (Surah Qaaf). For example, 43:9 reads: “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."” 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 52:36 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 52:36 (Surah At-Tur, The Mount) reads: “Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.”

Which surah is verse 52:36 in?

Quran 52:36 is āyah 36 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 52:36?

Tartīl presents Quran 52:36 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.