Az-Zukhruf 43:60
Ornaments of gold · ayah 60 of 89
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ
Walaw nashao lajaAAalna minkummala-ikatan fee al-ardi yakhlufoon
"And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"if it had been Our will, We could have made you angels, succeeding one another on earth."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst you, succeeding each other on the earth."