Surah Sad

Quran 38:69

Read Quran 38:69 from Surah Sad (The Letter Saad) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 38:69

مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ٦٩

I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed;

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
38. Sad (The Letter Saad)
Ayah
69 of 88
Revelation
Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
Reference
38:69

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 38:69

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

{ مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَى } أي: الملائكة { إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ } لولا تعليم اللّه إياي، وإيحاؤه إلي.