This is of the tidings of things hidden. We reveal it unto thee (Muhammad). Thou wast not present with them when they threw their pens (to know) which of them should be the guardian of Mary, nor wast thou present with them when they quarrelled (thereupon).
اين [جمله‌] از اخبار غيب است كه به تو وحى مى‌كنيم، و [گرنه‌] وقتى كه آنان قلمهاى خود را [براى قرعه‌كشى به آب‌] مى‌افكندند تا كدام يك سرپرستى مريم را به عهده گيرد، نزد آنان نبودى؛ و [نيز] وقتى با يكديگر كشمكش مى‌كردند نزدشان نبودى.