Al-Anbya 21:17
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 323
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.
1 translator’s note
- Such as a wife or a child. ↩
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Commentary on 21:17–20
﴿لَوْ﴾ شرطية غير جازمة ﴿أَرَدْنا﴾ ماض وفاعل ﴿أَنْ﴾ ناصبة ﴿نَتَّخِذَ﴾ مضارع منصوب والفاعل مستتر تقديره نحن ﴿لَهْواً﴾ مفعول به والجملة مفعول أردنا ﴿لَاتَّخَذْناهُ﴾ اللام واقعة في جواب لو ﴿اتخذناه﴾ ماض وفاعل ومفعول به أول ﴿مِنْ لَدُنَّا﴾ متعلقان بمحذوف مفعول به ثان ﴿أَنْ﴾ نافية بمعنى ما ﴿كُنَّا﴾ كان واسمها ﴿فاعِلِينَ﴾ خبرها ﴿بَلْ﴾ حرف إضراب ﴿نَقْذِفُ﴾ مضارع فاعله مستتر ﴿بِالْحَقِّ﴾ متعلقان بنقذف ﴿عَلَى الْباطِلِ﴾ متعلقان بمحذوف حال ﴿فَيَدْمَغُهُ﴾ الفاء عاطفة ﴿يدمغه﴾ مضارع فاعله مستتر والهاء مفعول به والجملة معطوفة ﴿فَإِذا﴾ الفاء عاطفة ﴿إذا﴾ الفجائية ﴿هُوَ﴾ مبتدأ ﴿زاهِقٌ﴾ خبر ﴿وَلَكُمُ﴾ الواو عاطفة ﴿لَكُمُ﴾ متعلقان بخبر محذوف ﴿الْوَيْلُ﴾ مبتدأ مؤخر والجملة معطوفة ﴿مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ﴾ من حرف جر ﴿ما﴾ موصولية متعلقان بخبر ويل المحذوف ﴿تَصِفُونَ﴾ مضارع وفاعله والجملة صلة ﴿وَلَهُ﴾ الواو عاطفة ﴿لَهُ﴾ متعلقان بخبر مقدم ﴿مَنْ﴾ اسم موصول مبتدأ مؤخر ﴿فِي السَّماواتِ﴾ متعلقان بمحذوف صلة ﴿وَالْأَرْضِ﴾ معطوف ﴿وَمَنْ﴾ الواو عاطفة ﴿مَنْ﴾ اسم موصول معطوف على من في السموات ﴿عِنْدَهُ﴾ ظرف مكان متعلق بمحذوف صلة والهاء مضاف إليه ﴿لا﴾ نافية ﴿يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ﴾ مضارع وفاعله والجملة حالية ﴿عَنْ عِبادَتِهِ﴾ متعلقان بيستكبرون والهاء مضاف إليه ﴿وَلا﴾ الواو عاطفة لا نافية ﴿يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ﴾ مضارع وفاعله والجملة معطوفة ﴿يُسَبِّحُونَ﴾ مضارع وفاعله ﴿اللَّيْلَ﴾ ظرف زمان متعلق بيسبحون ﴿وَالنَّهارَ﴾ معطوف ﴿لا﴾ نافية ﴿يَفْتُرُونَ﴾ مضارع وفاعله والجملة حالية.
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21:11
وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٖ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةٗ وَأَنشَأۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ١١
And how many a city which was unjust1 have We shattered and produced after it another people.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., its inhabitants persisting in wrongdoing. ↩
21:12
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ ١٢
And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
21:13
لَا تَرۡكُضُواْ وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٣
[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."1
1 translator’s note
- About what happened to you. This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule. ↩
21:14
قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ١٤
They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
21:15
فَمَا زَالَت تِّلۡكَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ ١٥
And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].
21:16
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ١٦
And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
21:17
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.
1 translator’s note
- Such as a wife or a child. ↩
21:18
بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٞۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡوَيۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ١٨
Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,1 and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.2
21:19
وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ ١٩
To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.
21:20
يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفۡتُرُونَ ٢٠
They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.
21:21
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَالِهَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هُمۡ يُنشِرُونَ ٢١
Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
21:22
لَوۡ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٢٢
Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
21:23
لَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفۡعَلُ وَهُمۡ يُسۡـَٔلُونَ ٢٣
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
21:24
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةٗۖ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡۖ هَٰذَا ذِكۡرُ مَن مَّعِيَ وَذِكۡرُ مَن قَبۡلِيۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ فَهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٢٤
Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me."1 But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.
1 translator’s note
- All previous prophets called for the worship of Allāh alone. ↩
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