مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَى إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

[Say, O Muhammad:] “No knowledge would I have had of [what passed among] the host on high when they argued [against the creation of man]

Arthur John Arberry

I had no knowledge of the High Council when they disputed

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"No knowledge have I of the Chiefs on high, when they discuss (matters) among themselves

Arabic

مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ ۝٦٩

Transliteration

mā kāna liya min ʿil'min bil-mala-i l-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūn