لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ
Translation
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.
Word-by-Word Translation
لَوْ
If
أَرَدْنَآ
We intended
أَن
that
نَّتَّخِذَ
We take
لَهْوًۭا
a pastime
لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ
surely We (could have) taken it
مِن
from
لَّدُنَّآ
Us
إِن
if
كُنَّا
We were
فَـٰعِلِينَ
doers
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