Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِالْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيم Transliteration Wa-itha bushshira ah aduhum bia lontha th th un Transliteration-2 wa-idhā bushira aḥaduhum bil-unthā ẓalla wajhuhu mus'waddan wahuwa kaẓīmu Word for Word And when is given good news (to) one of them of a female, turns his face dark and he suppresses grief.
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning 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 M. M. Pickthall When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) 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 Shakir And when a daughter is announced to one of them his face becomes black and he is full of wrath Wahiduddin Khan When the birth of a girl is announced to any of them, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar And when any of them was given good tidings of a female, his face stayed one that is clouded over and he chokes. T.B.Irving Yet whenever one of them receives word he has had a daughter, his face becomes black with gloom and he feels like choking. The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage. Safi Kaskas Whenever one of them is given the good news of a daughter's birth, his face darkens and he fills with bottled-up anger. Abdul Hye And when the news of (birth of) a female child is brought to any of them, his face remains dark, and he is filled with inward grief! The Study Quran And when one of them receives tidings of a female [child], his face darkens, and he is choked with anguish [The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) And when one of them is given news of a female, his face becomes darkened and he is in grief 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 Abdul Majid Daryabadi And when there is announced unto any of them a female his countenance remainoth darkened the whole day and he is wroth inwardly Ahmed Ali Yet when news of the birth of a daughter reaches one of them, his face is darkened, and he is overwhelmed with silent grief Aisha Bewley When one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is furious. Ali Ünal When any of them is given news of the birth of a girl, his face becomes overcast, and he is (as if choking inwardly) with suppressed anger Ali Quli Qara'i When one of them is brought the news of a female [newborn], his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed agony 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 Muhammad 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) Muhammad Sarwar When the glad news of the birth of their daughter is brought to them, their faces turn gloomy and black with anger Muhammad 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 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 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 Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief Farook Malik Whenever the news of a female child is announced to any one of them, his face darkens and he chokes with inward gloom Dr. Munir Munshey Just break the good news of a daughter to any one of them. His face darkens with dismay, and he struggles to hide (his feelings) Dr. Kamal Omar And when the good news is pronounced to one of them about the (birth of a) female (child), his face turned pale and he became filled with inward grief Talal A. Itani (new translation) And when one of them is given news of a female infant, his face darkens, and he chokes with grief Maududi When any of them is told about the birth of a female his face turns dark, and he is filled with suppressed anger Ali Bakhtiari Nejad And when the news of (birth of) a female is given to one of them, his face turns dark and he holds back his anger A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) When news is brought to one of them of a female, his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief Musharraf Hussain When one of them is given the news of the birth of a girl, his face darkens, full of fuming anger; [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) And when one of them is given news of a female, his face becomes darkened and he is in grief Mohammad Shafi And when news of a daughter being born is given to any of them, his face becomes darkened with suppressed anger
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works 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 Faridul Haque And when one among of them receives the glad tidings of a daughter, his face turns black for the day, and he remains seething Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah When good news of the birth of a female is given to any of them, his face grows dark and inwardly he chokes Maulana Muhammad Ali And when the birth of a daughter is announced to one of them, his face becomes black and he is full of wrath Muhammad Ahmed - Samira And if any of them was announced good news to with the female, his face became/remained blackened, and he is holding (his) breath/suppressed Sher Ali And when to one of them is conveyed the tidings of the birth of a female, his face darkens with inward suppressed grief Rashad Khalifa When one of them gets a baby girl, his face becomes darkened with overwhelming grief. Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) And when the good tiding of the birth of a daughter is conveyed to any of them, then his face remains black all along the day, and he suppresses his anger. 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 Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri And when the news (of the birth) of a daughter is disclosed to any of them, his face turns dark and he gets pent up with anger Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali 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
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works Arthur John Arberry and when any of them is given the good tidings of a girl, his face is darkened and he chokes inwardly Edward 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 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 John Medows Rodwell For when the birth of a daughter is announced to any one of them, dark shadows settle on his face, and he is sad N J Dawood (2014) When the birth of a female is announced to one of them, his countenance darkens and he is mightily vexed
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress Linda “iLHam” Barto When news is brought to one of them of a girl baby, his face darkens. He is filled with grief. Sayyid Qutb And when any of them is given the happy news of the birth of a girl, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom. Ahmed Hulusi When the good news of a female (child) is given to one of them, his face darkens in rage! Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli And when one of them is given the news of having a daughter his face becomes black while he is wroth inwardly. Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim 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 Mir Aneesuddin And when one of them is given the news of (the birth of a) girl, his face is shadowed black and he becomes a restless restrainer (of grief).
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