Is there a contradiction between the two verses: (And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me) and (Indeed, I am going to place on the earth a successor)?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do you reconcile Allah's saying, , with His saying, ?

Answer:
What is the point of contradiction between this and that? There is no contradiction between and His saying . That is, Adam (peace be upon him) and his descendants succeed those before them. It is not a successor to Allah, for no one succeeds Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. But a successor means that some succeed others. He is the One who made you successors on the earth, succeeding one another. And there is no contradiction between this and ; he worships Allah and is a successor on the earth. And He said to Dawud: . Yes.