Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 60
Quran 43:60 · The Ornaments of Gold · Makki · Para 25 · Page 493
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ مَّلٰٓىِٕكَةً فِی الْاَرْضِ یَخْلُفُوْنَ ۟
Transliteration
Walaw nashao lajaAAalna minkummala-ikatan fee al-ardi yakhlufoon
Saheeh International
And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
O children of Adam! If I wish to destroy you and make the angels succeed you on earth in your place, they would worship Me and not ascribe partners with me at all.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 43:57–43:65 together — read it on 43:57