Yet when one of them is given news of what he attributes to the Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he suppresses grief.
Az-Zukhruf 43:17
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وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
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Yet when one of them is given news of what he attributes to the Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he suppresses grief.
When one of them is given the news that he had a daughter, his face turns dark with sadness, and he feels upset inside — even though he says daughters are for the Most Kind.
But when one of them is given news of a daughter — his face turns dark with sadness, and he holds back his anger.
When one of them is given news of what he attributes to the Most Merciful as a likeness, his face darkens and he is filled with suppressed rage.
Yet when one of them is given news of what he attributes to the Compassionate, his face darkens, and he chokes with grief.
Yet when one of them is given news of what he attributes to the Compassionate, his face darkens, and he chokes with grief.
And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
And if one of them is informed of the news of (the birth of a girl) that which he sets forth as a parable to the Most Gracious (Allâh), his face becomes dark, and he is filled with grief!
When one of them is given tidings of [a baby girl] the like of which he ascribes to the Most Compassionate, his face darkens as he suppresses his rage.
When news is brought to one of them of (the birth of) what he sets up as a likeness to (Allah) Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!
And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the Beneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward rage.
When any of them is given the news of the very thing [i.e. a female child] which he himself has ascribed to the All Merciful, his face darkens and he is filled with grief --
(They believe so although when) any of them is given tidings of the birth of a female child the like of which he assigns to the Merciful One, his countenance darkens and he is choked with grief.
When one of them is brought the news of what he ascribes to the All-beneficent, his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed rage, [and says]
Waitha bushshira ahaduhum bima daraba lilrrahmani mathalan thalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheemun