The Cow 2:30

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وَإِذْ إِذ
Noun
قَالَ قالَ
V
رَبُّكَ رَبّ
Noun
Noun
إِنِّى إِنّ
Prep
جَاعِلٌ جاعِل
Noun
فِى فِي
Prep
ٱلْأَرْضِ أَرْض
Noun
خَلِيفَةً خَلِيفَة
Noun
V
أَتَجْعَلُ جَعَلَ
V
فِيهَا فِي
Prep
مَن مَن
Noun
يُفْسِدُ أَفْسَدُ
V
فِيهَا فِي
Prep
وَيَسْفِكُ يَسْفِكُ
V
Noun
Noun
نُسَبِّحُ سَبَّحَ
V
Noun
وَنُقَدِّسُ نُقَدِّسُ
V
Noun
قَالَ قالَ
V
إِنِّىٓ إِنّ
Prep
أَعْلَمُ V|IMPF|1S|I
I know V
مَا ما
Noun
لَا لا
Prep
تَعْلَمُونَ عَلِمَ
V

[Prophet], when your Lord told the angels, ‘I am putting a successor on earth,’ they said, ‘How can You put someone there who will cause damage and bloodshed, when we celebrate Your praise and proclaim Your holiness?’ but He said, ‘I know things you do not.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِنِّی جَاعِلࣱ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ خَلِیفَةࣰۖ قَالُوۤا۟ أَتَجۡعَلُ فِیهَا مَن یُفۡسِدُ فِیهَا وَیَسۡفِكُ ٱلدِّمَاۤءَ وَنَحۡنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمۡدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۖ قَالَ إِنِّیۤ أَعۡلَمُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٠

wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī jāʿilun fī l-arḍi khalīfatan qālū atajʿalu fīhā man yuf'sidu fīhā wayasfiku l-dimāa wanaḥnu nusabbiḥu biḥamdika wanuqaddisu laka qāla innī aʿlamu mā lā taʿlamūn