﴿ وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ ﴾

“And had We so willed, [O you who worship angels,] We could indeed have made you into angels succeeding one another on earth!”

And had We willed We would have appointed among you instead of you angels to be your successors in the earth by Our destroying you.