Surah Al-Anbya — Verse 17
The Prophets · 21:17 · 17/112
لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ
Law aradna an nattakhithalahwan lattakhathnahu min ladunna inkunna faAAileen
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh 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.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
If We had wished for a pastime, We could have found it within Us- if We had wished for any such thing.
Marmaduke Pickthall
If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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)!
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Had We intended to have a pastime, We would have had it from Our own, if We were ever to do so.
Al-Hilali & Khan
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).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Had it been Our will to find a pastime, We would have found one near at hand; if at all We were inclined to do so.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
[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!
Rowwad · source edition
If We had wished for a pastime[9], We could have had it from Our own, if We were to do so.
Notes
[9] Such as a wife or a child.
Noor International · source edition
(17) Had We intended to take a diversion,[878] We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
Notes
[878]- Such as a wife or a child.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
17. 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).