Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the seventeenth verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets)

Sahih 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.

Pickthall: If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did.

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)!

Shakir: Had We wished to make a diversion, We would have made it from before Ourselves: by no means would We do (it).

Muhammad Sarwar: Had We wanted to play games, We could have certainly done so with things at hand.

Mohsin Khan: Had We intended to take a pastime (i.e. a wife or a son, etc.), We could surely have taken it from Us, if We were going to do (that).

Arberry: had We desired to take to Us a diversion We would have taken it to Us from Ourselves, had We done aught.

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See Also

• Verse (21:17) Morphology - description of each Arabic word