Al Baqarah
2:30
English

Wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil-malā’ikati innī jā‘ilun fī al-arḍi khalīfah. Qālū ataj‘alu fīhā man yufsidu fīhā wa-yasfiku ad-dimā’a wa-naḥnu nusabbiḥu bi-ḥamdika wa-nuqaddisu lak. Qāla innī a‘lamu mā lā ta‘lamūn. translation And when your Lord said to the angels, “Indeed, I am going to place a successive authority on earth.” They said, “Will You place in it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we glorify You with Your praise and sanctify You?” He said, “Indeed, I know that which you do not know.”