ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيۡكَۚ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيۡهِمۡ إِذۡ يُلۡقُونَ أَقۡلَٰمَهُمۡ أَيُّهُمۡ يَكۡفُلُ مَرۡيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيۡهِمۡ إِذۡ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٤٤
Dhālika min ambā'il-ghaybi nūhīhi ilayka wamā kunta ladayhim idh yulqūna aqlāmahum ayyuhum yakfulu maryama wamā kunta ladayhim idh yakhtasimūn
That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens124 as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.
Footnotes
124 i.e., threw lots.