سُوْرَةُ الْمَعَارِجِ
Surah Al-Ma'aarij (70) — Ayah 41
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ﴿41﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
[On]
أَن
an
to
نُّبَدِّلَ
nubaddila
[We] replace
خَيْرًۭا
khayran
(with) better
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
than them
وَمَا
wamā
and not
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
We
بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
bimasbūqīna
(are) to be outrun
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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41. To replace them with others better [26] than them, and We are not to be outdone.
[26] That is, the Lord who can bring into existence so many Easts and Wests and has complete control over them such that not even the slightest difference occurs in their angles—can He not do this: that He takes away from you these petty chieftaincies, over which you are so puffed up, humiliates and disgraces you by pushing you back, and brings other people in your place? Thus, Allah Almighty pushed back these arrogant Quraysh and brought forward those Muslims with whom they considered it an insult even to sit. After the conquest of Makkah, the situation was completely reversed. The Muslims became victorious and rulers, and these Quraysh became subdued and overpowered, and later, among these disbelievers, only the one received honor who took refuge in the fold of Islam.
[26] That is, the Lord who can bring into existence so many Easts and Wests and has complete control over them such that not even the slightest difference occurs in their angles—can He not do this: that He takes away from you these petty chieftaincies, over which you are so puffed up, humiliates and disgraces you by pushing you back, and brings other people in your place? Thus, Allah Almighty pushed back these arrogant Quraysh and brought forward those Muslims with whom they considered it an insult even to sit. After the conquest of Makkah, the situation was completely reversed. The Muslims became victorious and rulers, and these Quraysh became subdued and overpowered, and later, among these disbelievers, only the one received honor who took refuge in the fold of Islam.
