Allāh has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves1 after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., denies the favor of Allāh or does not live by His ordinance.
لَيَسۡتَخۡلِفَنَّهُمۡsurely He will grant them successionlayastakhlifannahum
فِيinfī
ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
كَمَاaskamā
ٱسۡتَخۡلَفَHe gave successionis'takhlafa
ٱلَّذِينَto those whoalladhīna
مِن(were) before themmin
قَبۡلِهِمۡ(were) before themqablihim
وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّand that He will surely establishwalayumakkinanna
لَهُمۡfor themlahum
دِينَهُمُtheir religiondīnahumu
ٱلَّذِيwhichalladhī
ٱرۡتَضَىٰHe has approvedir'taḍā
لَهُمۡfor themlahum
وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمand surely He will change for themwalayubaddilannahum
مِّنۢaftermin
بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
خَوۡفِهِمۡtheir fearkhawfihim
أَمۡنٗاۚsecurityamnan
يَعۡبُدُونَنِي(for) they worship Meyaʿbudūnanī
لَاnotlā
يُشۡرِكُونَthey associateyush'rikūna
بِيwith Mebī
شَيۡـٔٗاۚanythingshayan
وَمَنBut whoeverwaman
كَفَرَdisbelievedkafara
بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthen thosefa-ulāika
هُمُ[they]humu
ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ(are) the defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqūna
Tafsir
Allah has promised those of you who believe in Him and perform good deeds, that He will help them against their enemies and make them rulers on earth. Just like He made the believers before them rulers on earth and promised them that He would make the religion of Islam He preferred for them established and dominant; He also promised that He will change their circumstances of fear into peace, as long as they worshipped Him alone and did not ascribe partners to Him. Whoever shows ingratitude after all those blessings are the very ones who leave the obedience of Allah.