Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

If they were created from nothing: or if they were the creators:

اَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ اَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَۜ
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shay-in am humu alkhaliqoon
#wordmeaningroot
1amOr
2khuliqūthey were createdخلق
3minof
4ghayrinothingغير
5shayinnothingشيا
6amor
7humu(are) they
8l-khāliqūnathe creatorsخلق
  • Aisha Bewley

    Or were they created out of nothing, or are they the creators?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Or were they created from nothing Or was it them who created

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Are they a product of spontaneous generation? Or were they their own creators?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    If they were created from nothing: or if they were the creators:

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Or were they created from nothing? Or was it them who have created?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Or were they created from nothing? Or was it they who created?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Were they created from nothing? Are they the creators?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Or were they created of themselves? Or are they the creators?

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators ?

  • Muhammad Asad

    Have they themselves been created without anything ? or were they, perchance, their own creators?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Did they come into being without any creator? Or were they their own creators?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Or have they been created by chance, or are they the creators or supreme beings who created all things?

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Do they think that they are created out of nothing? Are they their own creators?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Or were they created by nothing, or are they ˹their own˺ creators?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Is it that they are created by none, or are they themselves the creators?

  • Abdul Haleem

    Were they created without any agent? Were they the creators?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Or were they created out of nothing? Or are they the creators?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Or were they created of nothing, or were they the creators?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Or were they created out of nothing, or are they themselves the creators?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Or even were they created out of nothing? Or even are they the creators?

  • George Sale

    Were they created by nothing; or were they the creators of themselves?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Or were they created out of nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Have they been created without a (creative) agency (or purpose)? Or are they their own creators?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Were they created from nothing? Or are they creators?