That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muhammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.
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.