لَوۡ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهۡوٗا لَّٱتَّخَذۡنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٧
Had We intended to take a diversion,1 We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Such as a wife or a child.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لَوۡIflaw
- أَرَدۡنَآWe intendedaradnā
- أَنthatan
- نَّتَّخِذَWe takenattakhidha
- لَهۡوٗاa pastimelahwan
- لَّٱتَّخَذۡنَٰهُsurely We (could have) taken itla-ittakhadhnāhu
- مِنfrommin
- لَّدُنَّآUsladunnā
- إِنifin
- كُنَّاWe werekunnā
- فَٰعِلِينَdoersfāʿilīna
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran