He it is Who has made you successors in the earth. So he who does not believe, on him is (the responsibility of) his infidelity, and their infidelity does not increase for the infidels, in the sight of their Fosterer, anything but hatred, and their infidelity does not increase for the infidels anything but loss.
It is very clear from this verse that the whole mankind has been made the successors (or rulers) of the earth and not just Adam (PBH), their great grand father and the first man 7:27, 49:13. Therefore it is the responsibility of all human beings to follow the Divine message, the final form of which is the Quran, to establish the kingdom of Allah (SWT). For doing this Allah (SWT) has subdued all the concerned energies before man by making the angels, who are in charge of various energies, bow down before Adam (PBH) representing all his children – the mankind 2:30-34, the proof of which is the scientific and technological progress of man. He who does not believe in establishing the kingdom of Allah (SWT) based on His Divine laws or he who resists such an effort is an infidels, Whom Allah (SWT) hates and therefore he will be at a loss.