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وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَائِكَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ
Transliteration:
Walaw nashao lajaAAalna minkum mala-ikatan fee al-ardi yakhlufoona
Word by Word:
And if We willed, surely We (could have) made among you Angels in the earth succeeding.
Translations:
And had We so willed, [O you who worship angels,] We could indeed have made you into angels succeeding one another on earth!
And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst you, succeeding each other on the earth.
And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth.
And if We pleased, We could make among you angels to be (Our) vicegerents in the land.
And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.