Surah At-Tur, Ayah 36 (52:36)

ٱلطُّور

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Quran 52:36 is ayah 36 of Surah At-Tur (“The Mount”), a Meccan surah of 49 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 525 of the Madani Mushaf.

52:36
أَمْخَلَقُوا۟ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚبَللَّايُوقِنُونَ٣٦
am khalaqū l-samāwāti wal-arḍa bal lā yūqinūna

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.(36)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. خَلَقُوا۟khalaqū(did) they create
  3. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  4. وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚwal-arḍaand the earth
  5. بَلbalNay
  6. لَّاlānot
  7. يُوقِنُونَyūqinūnathey are certain

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