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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

At-Tur 52:35

Word by word

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ

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

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

أخُلِق هؤلاء المشركون من غير خالق لهم وموجد، أم هم الخالقون لأنفسهم؟ وكلا الأمرين باطل ومستحيل. وبهذا يتعيَّن أن الله سبحانه هو الذي خلقهم، وهو وحده الذي لا تنبغي العبادة ولا تصلح إلا له.

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