Yet when news of the birth of a daughter reaches one of them, his face is darkened, and he is overwhelmed with silent grief,
And when one among of them receives the glad tidings of a daughter, his face turns black for the day, and he remains seething.
and when any of them is given the good tidings of a girl, his face is darkened and he chokes inwardly,
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,
And when there is announced unto any of them a female his countenance remainoth darkened the whole day and he is wroth inwardly.
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!
And when one of them is given news of a female infant, his face darkens, and he chokes with grief.
When any of them is told about the birth of a female his face turns dark, and he is filled with suppressed anger,
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 inner grief!
When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.
When one of them is brought the news of a female [newborn], his face becomes darkened, and he chokes with suppressed agony.
When good news of the birth of a female is given to any of them, his face grows dark and inwardly he chokes.
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
When the glad news of the birth of their daughter is brought to them, their faces turn gloomy and black with anger.
And when a daughter is announced to one of them his face becomes black and he is full of wrath.
Wai<u>tha</u> bushshira a<u>h</u>aduhum bi<b>a</b>lonth<u>a</u> <i><u>th</u></i>alla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa ka<i><u>th</u></i>eem<b>un</b>
When the birth of a girl is announced to any of them, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom.
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!
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
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!
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!
<p>Commentary</p><p>In these verses, two peculiar traits of the disbelievers of Arabia have been censured. To begin with, they would take the birth of a baby girl to be so bad that they would go about hiding from people to avoid being disgraced before them. This predicament would then throw them into a fix as to what they should do about it. Should they swallow their pride, em-brace the disgrace of becoming the father of a baby girl and resign to the disaster with patience, or just ditch it alive into the dust and get rid of it? Then, on top of it, they had turned so irrational that the child they did not like to have as their own, that they would be audacious enough to attribute to Allah Almighty by declaring that the angels were His daughters!</p>
CommentaryIn these verses, two peculiar traits of the disbelievers of Arabia have been censured. To begin with, they would take the birth of a baby girl to be so bad that they would go about hiding from people to avoid being disgraced before them. This predicament would then throw them into a fix as to what they should do about it. Should they swallow their pride, em-brace the disgrace of becoming the father of a baby girl and resign to the disaster with patience, or just ditch it alive into the dust and get rid of it? Then, on top of it, they had turned so irrational that the child they did not like to have as their own, that they would be audacious enough to attribute to Allah Almighty by declaring that the angels were His daughters!