وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நாம் விரும்புவோமாயின் உங்களிடையே பூமியில் நாம் மலக்குகளை ஏற்படுத்தி, அவர்களை பின்தோன்றல்களாக்கி இருப்போம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද අපි අභිමත කර තිබුණේ නම් නුඹලා අතරින් මහපොළොවේ නියෝජනය කරමින් පැමිණෙන මලක්වරුන් පත් කරන්නට තිබුණි.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اگر ہم چاہتے تو تمہارے عوض فرشتے کردیتے جو زمین میں جانشینی کرتے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- そしてもしわれが望むならば，あなたがたの間から天使を上げ，次ぎ次ぎに地上を継がすことも出来る。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 假若我意欲，我必舍你们而创造许多天神，在大地上继承你们。
Tafsir of 43:60
The Contempt of the Quraysh for the son of Maryam, and His true Status with Allah Allah tells us how the Quraysh persisted in their disbelief and stubborn arguments: وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلاً إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ (And when the son of Maryam is quoted as an example, behold, your people cry aloud thereat.) Several others narrated that Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, As-Suddi and Ad-Dahhak said, "They laughed, i.e., they were astounded by that." Qatadah said, "They were repelled by that, and they laughed." Ibrahim An-Nakha`i said, "They turned away." The reason for this was mentioned by Muhammad bin Ishaq in As-Sirah. He said, "According to what I have heard, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down one day with Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah in the Masjid, and An-Nadr bin Al-Harith came and sat down with them. There were also other men from the Quraysh in the gathering. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke, then An-Nadr bin Al-Harith came up to him, and the Messenger of Allah spoke to him until he defeated him in argument.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
