سورة الأنبياء، الآية ١٧
لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٧
law aradnā an nattakhidha lahwan la-ittakhadhnāhu min ladunnā in kunnā fāʿilīna
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.
[878] Such as a wife or a child.
Verse 17 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 323 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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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.
If We had wished for a pastime9, We could have had it from Our own, if We were to do so.
[9] Such as a wife or a child.
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).
If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did.
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)!
Had We wished to make a diversion, We would have made it from before Ourselves: by no means would We do (it).
If We had taken to Us a diversion, We would indeed have taken it to Us from very close to Us, in case We are performing (that).
لَّوْ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا لَّٱصْطَفَىٰ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ
If Allāh had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.
