Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:60

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

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.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 43:60, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.