Surah An-Nahl — Verse 58
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وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bilonthathalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
When one of them is given news of the birth of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom.
Marmaduke Pickthall
When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When news is brought to one of them, of (the birth of) a female (child), his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!
Mufti Taqi Usmani
When one of them is given the good news of a female child, his face becomes gloomy and he is choked with grief.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And when the news of (the birth of) a female (child) is brought to any of them, his face becomes dark, and he is filled with inward grief!
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
When any of them is told about the birth of a female his face turns dark, and he is filled with suppressed anger,