مَاmāNotكَانَkānaisلِيَliyafor meمِنْminanyعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledgeبِالْمَلَأِbil-mala-i(of) the chiefsالْاَعْلٰٓىl-aʿlāthe exaltedاِذْidhwhenيَخْتَصِمُونَyakhtaṣimūnathey were disputing"I had no knowledge of the command up high that they had quarreled."