The Prophets
21. Al-'Anbiyā’
الأنبياء
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21:17
لَوْ
أَرَدْنَا
أَن
نَّتَّخِذَ
لَهْوًا
لَّاتَّخَذْنَاهُ
مِن
لَّدُنَّا
إِن
كُنَّا
فَاعِلِينَ
law ʾaradnā ʾan nattakhidha lahwan la-ttakhadhnāhu min ladunnā ʾin kunnā fāʿilīna
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)!
— Abdullah Yusufali
Had We desired to take up some diversion We would have taken it up with Ourselves, were We to do [so].
