Surah An-Nahl 16:58 — translation and meaning
النحل · Verse 58 / 128 · Page 273
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِالْأُنثَى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
Word by Word
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
بُشِّرَ
bushira
is given good news
أَحَدُهُم
ahaduhum
(to) one of them
بِالْأُنثَى
bil-untha
of a female
ظَلَّ
zalla
turns
وَجْهُهُ
wajhuhu
his face
مُسْوَدًّا
mus'waddan
dark
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he
كَظِيمٌ
kazimun
suppresses grief
Transliteration
Wa izaa bushshira ahaduhum bil unsaa zalla wajhuhoo muswaddanw wa huwa kazeem
Translation
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
When one of these idolaters is given the news of the birth of a female his face darkens due to the extreme dislike of such news and his heart is filled with worry and grief. Then, he attributes to Allah what he does not like for himself!
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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