Al-Ma'arij Verse 41

of replacing them with ˹others˺ better than them, and We cannot be prevented ˹from doing so˺.

to replace them with others better than them, and none can escape Our decree.

to substitute a better than they; We shall not be outstripped.

to substitute for them others better than they are- nothing can prevent Us from doing this.

To replace them by others better than they; and We are not to be outrun.

Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).

to replace them by others who would be better than they; and We shall certainly not be overpowered.

To bring better people than they in their place; and they will not be able to thwart Us.

To replace them by those better than them; and none can escape from Us.

to replace them with [others] better than them and We are not to be outmaneuvered.

To replace them with (others) better than them (in respect of faith in God and in their worship of Him), and We are not to be frustrated (in doing what We will).

To change (them into) better beings than they are and that We can never be frustrated (in Our purpose).

On that (E) We exchange/replace better than them, and We are not with being raced/preceded .

To replace them by those better than them; and none can escape from Us.

To replace them with others better than them, and We shall not be overcome.

To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.

The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as hastening on to a goal,

To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome.

To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

to replace them by a better people and none can challenge Our power.

to exchange them with others better than they; nothing can outstrip Us!

To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.

to replace them with others better than them: nothing can prevent Us from doing this,

To replace them with better than they, and We are not to be outdone.

to replace [them], to bring in their place, with [others] better than them, and We are not to be outmanoeuvred, [We will not be] frustrated in this.

عَلَى أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ

But no!

I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that surely We are Able to replace them by (others) better than them..

meaning, `on the Day of Judgement We will bring them back (to life) in bodies that are better than these bodies that they have now.'

For verily, Allah's power is suitable (able) to do that.


وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ




and We are not to be outrun.

meaning, `We are not unable.'

This is as Allah says,

أَيَحْسَبُ الاِنسَـنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ بَلَى قَـدِرِينَ عَلَى أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُ

Does man think that We shall not assemble his bones?

Yes, We are able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers. (75;3,4)

Allah also says,

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

عَلَى أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَـلَكُمْ وَنُنشِيَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

We have decreed death to you all, and We are not outstripped. To transfigure you and create you in (forms) that you know not. (56;60,61)

Ibn Jarir preferred the meaning to be;

`a nation who will obey Us and not disobey Us.'

He (Ibn Jarir) interpreted it in the same way as Allah's statements,
عَلَى أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ
(To replace them by (others) better than them..) and;

الْفُقَرَاءُ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْاْ يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُواْ

And if you turn away, He will exchange you for some other people and they will not be like you. (47;38)

However, the first interpretation is more obvious since the other Ayat support that, and Allah the Most High knows best.

Then Allah says