17 Preface لَو أَرَدنا أَن نَتَّخِذَ لَهوًا لَاتَّخَذناهُ مِن لَدُنّا إِن كُنّا فاعِلينَAli Quli QaraiHad We desired to take up some diversion We would have surely taken it up with Ourselves, were We to do [so].