Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 30
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?" He [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."
Al-Baqarah · 2:30
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قَالَqālasaid
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
- لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the angels
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I (am)
- جَاعِلٌۭjāʿilungoing to place
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- خَلِيفَةًۭ ۖkhalīfatana vicegerent
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
- أَتَجْعَلُatajʿaluWill You place
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- مَنman(one) who
- يُفْسِدُyuf'siduwill spread corruption
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- وَيَسْفِكُwayasfikuand will shed
- ٱلدِّمَآءَl-dimāa[the] blood[s]
- وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
- نُسَبِّحُnusabbiḥu[we] glorify (You)
- بِحَمْدِكَbiḥamdikawith Your praises
- وَنُقَدِّسُwanuqaddisuand we sanctify
- لَكَ ۖlaka[to] You
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamu[I] know
- مَاmāwhat
- لَاlānot
- تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know
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