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Surah 52. At-Tur, Ayah 35

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أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkh a liqoon a
[Or do they deny the existence of God?20] Have they themselves been created without anything [that might have caused their creation]?21 - or were they, perchance, their own creators?
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e.. implicitly, by denying the fact of His revelation.

I.e., by "spontaneous generation 7, as it were.

Were they created without a Creator? Or were they their own creators?
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Or were they created by nothing, or are they 'their own' creators?
  - Mustafa Khattab
Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Were they created of nothing or were they themselves the creators? 5069
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Were they created of nothing?" Three possible alternative meanings are suggested by the Commentators, according to the meaning we give to the Arabic preposition min=of, by, with, for. (1) 'Were they created by nothing? Did they come into existence of themselves? Was it a mere chance that they came into being? (2) Were they created as men out of nothing? Was there not a wonderful seed, from which their material growth can be traced, as the handiwork of a wise and wonderful Creator? Must they not then seek His Will? (3) Were they created for nothing, to no purpose? If they were created for a purpose, must they not try to learn that purpose by understanding Allah's Revelation?

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