وَإِذْ
قَالَ
رَبُّكَ
لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
إِنِّى
جَاعِلٌۭ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
خَلِيفَةًۭ ۖ
قَالُوٓا۟
أَتَجْعَلُ
فِيهَا
مَن
يُفْسِدُ
فِيهَا
وَيَسْفِكُ
ٱلدِّمَآءَ
وَنَحْنُ
نُسَبِّحُ
بِحَمْدِكَ
وَنُقَدِّسُ
لَكَ ۖ
قَالَ
إِنِّىٓ
أَعْلَمُ
مَا
لَا
تَعْلَمُونَ
٣٠
[Prophet], when your Lord told the angels, ‘I am putting a successor on earth,’ they said, ‘How can You put someone there who will cause damage and bloodshed, when we celebrate Your praise and proclaim Your holiness?’ but He said, ‘I know things you do not.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem