Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 60

Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 60 · View Ayah
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ
And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And had We willed We would have appointed among you instead of you angels to be your successors in the earth by Our destroying you.

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(And had We willed We could have set among you) in your own places; and it is said this means: had We willed We would have created instead of you (angels to be vicegerents in the earth) angels instead of you; it is also said this means: angels to walk in the earth instead of you.

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