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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۚ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَٰمَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ﴿٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
مِنْmin(is) from
أَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news
ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
نُوحِيهِnūḥīhiWe reveal it
إِلَيْكَ ۚilaykato you
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كُنتَkuntayou were
لَدَيْهِمْladayhimwith them
إِذْidhwhen
يُلْقُونَyul'qūnathey cast
أَقْلَـٰمَهُمْaqlāmahumtheir pens
أَيُّهُمْayyuhum(as to) which of them
يَكْفُلُyakfulutakes charge (of)
مَرْيَمَmaryamaMaryam
وَمَاwamāand not
كُنتَkuntayou were
لَدَيْهِمْladayhimwith them
إِذْidhwhen
يَخْتَصِمُونَyakhtaṣimūnathey (were) disputing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Virtue of Maryam Over the Women of Her TimeAllah states that the angels spoke to Maryam by His command and told her that He chose her because of her service to Him, because of her modesty, honor, innocence, and conviction. Allah also chose her because of her virtue over the women of the world.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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