Tafsir of Al-Anbiya' 21:17

Had We intended to take a pastime, We could surely have taken it from Us, if We were going to do (that). Ibn Abi Najih said, narrating from Mujahid:

لو أردنا أن نتخذ لهوا ﻻتخذناه من لدنا

(Had We intended to take a pastime, We could surely have taken it from Us), "Meaning, `From Ourself,' He is saying, `We would not have created Paradise or Hell or death or the resurrection or the Reckoning.'''

إن كنا فاعلين

if We were going to do (that). Qatadah, As-Suddi, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i and Mughirah bin Miqsam said: "This means, `We will not do that.''' Mujahid said, every time the word

أن

(if) is used in the Qur'an, it is a negation