Surah Ali 'Imran
ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۚ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَـٰمَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ
Żālika min ambā'il-gaibi nūḥīhi ilaik(a), wa mā kunta ladaihim iż yulqūna aqlāmahum ayyuhum yakfulu maryam(a), wa mā kunta ladaihim iż yakhtaṣimūn(a).
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.
📝 Footnotes
91) That is, the religious leaders in Bayt al-Maqdis cast lots to determine who would take responsibility for Mary's care, either by casting the pens they used to write the Torah or by drawing arrows.