Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 44
Quran 3:44 · Family of Imran · Madani · Para 3 · Page 55
ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اَنْۢبَآءِ الْغَیْبِ نُوْحِیْهِ اِلَیْكَ ؕ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَیْهِمْ اِذْ یُلْقُوْنَ اَقْلَامَهُمْ اَیُّهُمْ یَكْفُلُ مَرْیَمَ ۪ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَیْهِمْ اِذْ یَخْتَصِمُوْنَ ۟
Transliteration
Thalika min anba-i alghaybinooheehi ilayka wama kunta ladayhim ithyulqoona aqlamahum ayyuhum yakfulu maryama wamakunta ladayhim ith yakhtasimoon
Saheeh International
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 pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
The story of Zachariah and Mary is one of the reports of [the Ghaib] which I reveal to you, O Messenger. You were not there with those scholars and worshippers when they argued about who was most entitled to raise Mary. They eventually decided to draw lots by throwing their pens, and the pen of Zachariah (peace be upon him) won.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 3:42–3:44 together — read it on 3:42