Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:60

43:60

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ

walaw nashāu lajaʿalnā minkum malāikatan fī l-arḍi yakhlufūna

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

— Saheeh International

if it had been Our will, We could have made you angels, succeeding one another on earth.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if it were Our Will, We would have [destroyed you (mankind) all, and] made angels to replace you on the earth. [Tafsir At-Tabarî].

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
لَجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāsurely We (could have) made
مِنكُمminkumamong you
مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭmalāikatanAngels
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
يَخْلُفُونَyakhlufūnasucceeding