This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee (O Messenger!) by inspiration: Thou wast not with them when they cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary: Nor wast thou with them when they disputed (the point).

And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink), with seven oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing): for Allah is Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.

He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-

Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-

这是关于幽玄的消息，我把它启示你；当他们用拈阄法决定谁抚养麦尔彦的时候，你没有在场，他们争论的时候，你也没有在场。

假若用大地上所有的树来制成笔，用海水作墨汁，再加上七海的墨汁，终不能写尽真主的言语。真主确是万能的，确是至睿的。

他曾教人用笔写字，

努奈。以笔和他们所写的盟誓，