سورة المعارج، الآية ٤١
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ٤١
ʿalā an nubaddila khayran min'hum wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
Verse 41 of Surah Al-Ma’arij (70:41), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 570 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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He is capable of destroying them and replacing them with others who obey Him; He is not incapable of doing so. Nor can He be overpowered when He intends to destroy them and replace them.
to replace them with others better than them, and none can escape Our decree.
To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).
To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.
To exchange a more charitable (i.e., better) (people) instead of them, and in no way will We ever be outstripped.
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ …
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? …
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا
And become dust dispersing,
هَٰٓأَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَمِنكُم مَّن يَبْخَلُ وَمَن يَبْخَلْ فَإِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْغَنِىُّ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوٓا۟ أَمْثَٰلَكُم
Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allāh - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allāh is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away [i.e., refuse], He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.
