Popular Translations
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
Arthur John Arberry
and when any of them is given the good tidings of a girl, his face is darkened and he chokes 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
Arabic
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدࣰّا وَهُوَ كَظِیمࣱ ٥٨
Transliteration (2021)
wa-idhā bushira aḥaduhum bil-unthā ẓalla wajhuhu mus'waddan wahuwa kaẓīmu