Surah Al-Anbiya 21:17 — translation and meaning
الأنبياء · Verse 17 / 112 · Page 323
لَوْ أَرَدْنَا أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّاتَّخَذْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا إِن كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ
Word by Word
لَوْ
law
If
أَرَدْنَا
aradna
We intended
أَن
an
that
نَّتَّخِذَ
nattakhidha
We take
لَهْوًا
lahwan
a pastime
لَّاتَّخَذْنَاهُ
la-ittakhadhnahu
surely We (could have) taken it
مِن
min
from
لَّدُنَّا
ladunna
Us
إِن
in
if
كُنَّا
kunna
We were
فَاعِلِينَ
fa'ilina
doers
Transliteration
Law aradnaaa an nattakhiza lahwal lat takhaznaahu mil ladunnaaa in kunnaa faa'ileen
Translation
Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If I wanted to take a wife or child, I would have done so on My own part. But I did not do this as I am pure of this.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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