An-Nahl 16:58
The Bee · ayah 58 of 128
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّۭا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌۭ
Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bilonthathalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem
"And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief."
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"When one of them is given news of the birth of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom."
Pickthall (classic)+
"When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"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!"