Quran 70:41 — Al-Ma'aarij, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
to substitute for them others better than they are- nothing can prevent Us from doing this.
عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
ʿalā an nubaddila khayran min'hum wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- to substitute a better than they; We shall not be outstripped.
- Muhammad Asad
- to replace them with [people] better than they are; for there is nothing to prevent Us [from doing what We will].
- Sahih International
- To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | [On] | — |
| 2 | أَنan | to | — |
| 3 | نُّبَدِّلَnubaddila | [We] replace | بدل |
| 4 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | (with) better | خير |
| 5 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | than them | — |
| 6 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 7 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 8 | بِمَسْبُوقِينَbimasbūqīna | (are) to be outrun | سبق |