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Sad (The Letter Sad)

Verse 69of 88

مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ﴿٦٩

Translation (Sahih International)

I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].

Word-by-word meaning

مَاNot
كَانَkānais
لِىَliyafor me
مِنْminany
عِلْمٍۭʿil'minknowledge
بِٱلْمَلَإِbil-mala-i(of) the chiefs
ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓl-aʿlāthe exalted
إِذْidhwhen
يَخْتَصِمُونَyakhtaṣimūnathey were disputing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Message of the Messenger is a Great NewsAllah tells His Messenger to say to those who disbelieved in Allah, associated others in worship with Him and denied His Messenger: `I am a warner, I am not as you claim.'وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـهٍ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْوَحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ(and there is no God (worthy of worship) except Allah, the One, the Irresistible,) means, He Alone has subjugated and controlled everything.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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