The Quran

سورة المعَارج

Surah Al-Ma‘ârij 70:41

The Ways of Ascent · Verse 41 of 44

عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

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

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Ali Unal

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).

Daryabadi

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

Faridul Haque

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

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

Maulvi Sher Ali

To bring in their place others better than they, and WE cannot be frustrated in Our plans.

Muhammad Asad

to replace them with [people] better than they are; for there is nothing to prevent Us [from doing what We will].

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

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

Muhammed ali Shakir

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

Rashad Khalifa

to substitute better people in your place; we can never be defeated.

Shabbir Ahmed

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