The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
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وَلَوْ
نَشَاءُ
لَجَعَلْنَا
مِنكُم
مَّلَائِكَةً
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
يَخْلُفُونَ
wa-law nashāʾu la-jaʿalnā minkum malāʾikatan fī l-ʾarḍi yakhlufūna
Had We wished We would have set angels in your stead to be [your] successors on the earth.
— Ali Quli Qarai
And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst you, succeeding each other on the earth.
