Quran 21:17 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If We had wished for a pastime, We could have found it within Us- if We had wished for any such thing.
لَوْ أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَاتَّخَذْنَاهُ مِنْ لَدُنَّا إِنْ كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ
law aradnā an nattakhidha lahwan la-ittakhadhnāhu min ladunnā in kunnā fāʿilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- had We desired to take to Us a diversion We would have taken it to Us from Ourselves, had We done aught.
- Muhammad Asad
- [for,] had We willed to indulge in a pastime, We would indeed have produced it from within Ourselves - if such had been Our will at all!
- Sahih International
- Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 2 | أَرَدْنَآaradnā | We intended | رود |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidha | We take | أخذ |
| 5 | لَهْوًۭاlahwan | a pastime | لهو |
| 6 | لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُla-ittakhadhnāhu | surely We (could have) taken it | أخذ |
| 7 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 8 | لَّدُنَّآladunnā | Us | لدن |
| 9 | إِنin | if | — |
| 10 | كُنَّاkunnā | We were | كون |
| 11 | فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna | doers | فعل |