ص : ٦٩

  • مَا Not
  • كَانَ is
  • لِيَ for me
  • مِنۡ any
  • عِلۡمِ knowledge
  • بِٱلۡمَلَإِ (of) the chiefs
  • ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰٓ the exalted
  • إِذۡ when
  • يَخۡتَصِمُونَ they were disputing
I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].
I had no knowledge of the High Council, that is to say, [of] the angels, when they disputed, in the matter of Adam, when God, exalted be He, said [to them]: 'I am appointing on earth a vicegerent', to the end [of the verse, Q. 2:30].