Al-Anbiyaa 21:17
The Prophets · ayah 17 of 112
لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ
Law aradna an nattakhithalahwan lattakhathnahu min ladunna inkunna faAAileen
"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 translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"If We had wished for a pastime, We could have found it within Us- if We had wished for any such thing."
Pickthall (classic)+
"If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely have taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a thing)!"