← Surah 43

43:60

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ

Word by word

وَلَوْ
And if
Preposition
نَشَآءُ
We willed
Verb
Root: شيأ
لَجَعَلْنَا
surely We (could have) made
Verb
Root: جعل
مِنكُم
among you
Preposition
مَّلَٰٓئِكَةً
Angels
Noun
Root: ملك
فِى
in
Preposition
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
Noun
Root: أرض
يَخْلُفُونَ
succeeding
Verb
Root: خلف

Translation

And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst you, succeeding each other on the earth.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Eğer biz dileseydik, sizden yeryüzünde yerinize geçecek melekler yaratırdık.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Dileseydik içinizden yeryüzünde (sizin) yerinize geçecek melekler elbette yaratırdık.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain