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Quran 2:30

Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), verse 30 of 286 · Juz 1

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Translations of Quran 2:30
EnglishTalal Itani

When your Lord said to the angels, “I am placing a successor on earth.” They said, “Will You place in it someone who will cause corruption in it and shed blood, while we declare Your praises and sanctify You?” He said, “I know what you do not know.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth, they said: Wilt thou place therein one who will do harm therein and will shed blood, while we, we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee? He said: Surely I know that which ye know not.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Ve düşün ki rabbin melâikeye «Ben Yerde muhakkak bir halife yapacağım» dediği vakıt «Â!.. Orada fesat edecek ve kanlar dökecek bir mahlûk mu yaratacaksın?. biz hamdinle tesbih ve seni takdis edip dururken» dediler. «Her halde ben sizin bilemiyeceğiniz şeyler bilirim» buyurdu

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Lorsque Dieu dit aux anges : Je vais établir un vicaire sur la terre, les anges répondirent : Vas-tu placer sur terre un être qui y commettra des désordres et répande le sang, pendant que nous célébrons tes louanges et te glorifions et proclamons sans cesse ta sainteté ? —Je sais, répondit le Seigneur, ce que vous ne savez pas.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Toen God tot de engelen zeide: "Ik wil een stadhouder op aarde plaatsen," zeiden zij: "Zult Gij er een plaatsen, die daar wanorde sticht en bloed vergiet? Wij echter zingen Uw lof en heiligen U." Hij zeide echter; "Ik weet wat gij niet weet."

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Quando Dio disse agli angeli: Io stabilirò un Vicario sulla terra, gli angeli risposero: Vuoi tu mettere sulla terra un essere che vi propagherà il male, e spanderà il sangue, mentre che noi celebriamo le tue lodi, e che ti santifichiamo continuamente? Io so, rispose il Signore, ciò che voi non sapete.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.