Does the noble verse in Surat Al-Baqarah, "And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, 'Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority,'" indicate that Allah made Adam a successor to another species that was on Earth and caused corruption, or that Allah Almighty made Adam a successor on Earth for the first time, and is Adam considered the first human to descend upon the Earth?
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The exegetes have different opinions regarding the meaning of the Almighty's saying: (Indeed, I am going to place on the earth a successor), among them: that he is a successor to the jinn who caused corruption and were expelled, or that they succeed one another, or a successor to the angels.
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