(Noah) said, “I have no knowledge of their doings...”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
He said: 'No knowledge have I of what they were doing
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
"But how would I know", said Nuh, "what they were doing earlier or whether or not they had a purpose moving them and inviting their minds to the volition of conforming to Islam"