16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 58
وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِالْاُنْثٰى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَداًّ وَهُوَ كَظ۪يمٌۚ
Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bilonthathalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem
When one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is furious.
- Progressive Muslims
And when one of them is given news of a female, his face becomes darkened and he is in grief!
- Shabbir Ahmed
So, whenever any of them is given the glad tiding of the birth of a daughter, his face darkens with sadness and anger.
- Sam Gerrans
And when one of them receives tidings of a female, his face darkens and he suppresses grief.
- The Monotheist Group
And when one of them is given news of a female, his face becomes darkened and he is in grief!
- Edip-Layth
When one of them is given news of a female, his face becomes darkened and he is in grief!
- Aisha Bewley
When one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is furious.
- Rashad Khalifa
When one of them gets a baby girl, his face becomes darkened with overwhelming grief.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Yet when news of the birth of a daughter reaches one of them, his face is darkened, and he is overwhelmed with silent grief,
- Sahih International
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
- Muhammad Asad
for, whenever any of them is given the glad tiding of [the birth of] a girl, his face darkens, and he is filled with suppressed anger,
- Marmaduke Pickthall
When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
The moment any of them hears the news of the birth of his own female child, his countenance at once speaks a different language, His eyes shrivel into darkness in his head and he falls into the darkness of dismay.
- Bijan Moeinian
When one of them is given the good news of having a baby girl, his face changes the color and he becomes overwhelmed with the 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!
- 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!
- Mustafa Khattab
Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage.
- 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.
- Abdul Haleem
When one of them is given news of the birth of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom.
- Arthur John Arberry
and when any of them is given the good tidings of a girl, his face is darkened and he chokes inwardly,
- E. Henry Palmer
When any one of them has tidings of a female child, his face is overclouded and black, and he has to keep back his wrath.
- Hamid S. Aziz
When any one of them receives tidings of a female child, his face is over clouded and black, and he is filled with inner wrath.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And when one of them is given the tidings of (the birth) of a female, his face lingers blackened and he is ever-repressed (with sorrow).
- George Sale
And when any of them is told the news of the birth of a female, his face becometh black, and he is deeply afflicted:
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And when news of a female (baby's birth) is taken to one of them, his face darkens (with sorrow), and he is filled with sadness inside!
- Amatul Rahman Omar
When one of them is given the tidings (of the birth) of a female, his face clouds up and darkens (in sorrow) and he is full of grief and anger suppressed up.
- Ali Quli Qarai
When one of them is brought the news of a female [newborn], his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed agony.