Al-Ma'arij 70:41

<h2>The Rebuke of the Disbelievers and the Threat against Them</h2><p>Allah rebukes the disbelievers who, in the time of the Prophet , saw him and the guidance Allah sent him with. They witnessed the magnificent miracles Allah aided him with. Then, after all of this they fled from him and separated themselves from him. They fled right and left, group by group and party by party. This is as Allah says,</p><p>فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ - كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ - فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ</p><p>(Then what is wrong with them that they run away from admonition As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys. Fleeing from a beast of prey.) (74:49-51) This is the example of disbeliever. And this Ayah is similar. As Allah says,</p><p>فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ</p><p>(So what is the matter with those disbelievers, before you Muhti`in) meaning, `what is wrong with these disbelievers who are with you, O Muhammad Why are they Muhti`in, meaning hastily running away from you' This is as Al-Hasan Al-Basri said, "Muhti`in means departing."</p><p>عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ</p><p>(On the right and on the left, `Izin.) The singular of `Izin is `Izah, which means separating. meaning in their separating and their differing. Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas about …

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

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

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

To replace them with better than they, and We are not to be outdone.