If We pleased We could have put angels in place of you as trustees on the earth.
And if We willed, We could have established angels on the earth instead of you.
Had We willed, We would have appointed angels among you to be successors in the earth.
And had We so willed, [O you who worship angels,] We could indeed have made you into angels succeeding one another on earth!
And had We willed We could have appointed angels born of you in the earth to succeed each other.
And if it were Our Will, We would have [destroyed you (mankind) all, and] made angels to replace you on the earth. [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol: 25, Page 89].
Had We willed, We would have made of you angels to be successors on earth.
If We had so willed We could have made some of you into angels to become your successors on earth.
And if it were Our will, We would have made angels to replace you on the earth.
And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth.
Had We wished We would have set angels in your stead to be [your] successors on the earth.
Had it been Our Will We would have made angels among you as successors in the earth.
And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.
Had We wanted, We could have made the angels as your successors on the earth.
And if We please, We could make among you angels to be successors in the land.
Walaw nash<u>a</u>o lajaAAaln<u>a</u> minkum mal<u>a</u>ikatan fee alar<u>d</u>i yakhlufoon<b>a</b>
if We had so wished, We could have appointed angels in exchange for you to succeed you on the earth.
And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst you, succeeding each other on the earth.
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ
O children of Adam! If I wish to destroy you and make the angels succeed you on earth in your place, they would worship Me and not ascribe partners with me at all.
O children of Adam! If I wish to destroy you and make the angels succeed you on earth in your place, they would worship Me and not ascribe partners with me at all.
<p>وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَائِكَةً فِي الْأَرْ‌ضِ يَخْلُفُونَ (and if we will, We may create angels from you who succeed you on the earth...43:60) This is in reply to the gravely mistaken conclusion drawn by Christians from the miraculous birth of Sayyidna ` Isa (علیہ السلام) without a father as a result of which they attributed godhead to him, and started worshipping him. Allah Ta ala states to controvert their argument that Sayyidna 'Isa's (علیہ السلام) birth was merely a demonstration of His power, and He has the power to do even more supernatural things like creating Sayyidna 'Adam (علیہ السلام) without father and mother. And if He wills, He may do as unprecedented things as causing angels to be born out of human beings.</p>
وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَائِكَةً فِي الْأَرْ‌ضِ يَخْلُفُونَ (and if we will, We may create angels from you who succeed you on the earth...43:60) This is in reply to the gravely mistaken conclusion drawn by Christians from the miraculous birth of Sayyidna ` Isa (علیہ السلام) without a father as a result of which they attributed godhead to him, and started worshipping him. Allah Ta ala states to controvert their argument that Sayyidna 'Isa's (علیہ السلام) birth was merely a demonstration of His power, and He has the power to do even more supernatural things like creating Sayyidna 'Adam (علیہ السلام) without father and mother. And if He wills, He may do as unprecedented things as causing angels to be born out of human beings.