"Then We made you successors"—meaning: caliphs—"in the earth after them."
Surah Yunus from verse (15) to verse (17).
﴿ثمَّ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ خلائف﴾ يَعْنِي: خُلَفَاءَ ﴿فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ بعدهمْ﴾.
سُورَة يُونُس من الْآيَة (١٥) إِلَى الْآيَة (١٧).