Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:17

21:17

لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ

law aradnā an nattakhidha lahwan la-ittakhadhnāhu min ladunnā in kunnā fāʿilīna

Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

— Saheeh International

If We had wished for a pastime, We could have found it within Us- if We had wished for any such thing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Had We intended to take a pastime (i.e. a wife or a son), We could surely have taken it from Us, if We were going to do (that).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

لَوْlawIf
أَرَدْنَآaradnāWe intended
أَنanthat
نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhaWe take
لَهْوًۭاlahwana pastime
لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُla-ittakhadhnāhusurely We (could have) taken it
مِنminfrom
لَّدُنَّآladunnāUs
إِنinif
كُنَّاkunnāWe were
فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnadoers