Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:58

16:58

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

wa-idhā bushira aḥaduhum bil-unthā ẓalla wajhuhu mus'waddan wahuwa kaẓīmun

And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

— Saheeh International

When one of them is given news of the birth of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
بُشِّرَbushirais given good news
أَحَدُهُمaḥaduhum(to) one of them
بِٱلْأُنثَىٰbil-unthāof a female
ظَلَّẓallaturns
وَجْهُهُۥwajhuhuhis face
مُسْوَدًّۭاmus'waddandark
وَهُوَwahuwaand he
كَظِيمٌۭkaẓīmunsuppresses grief