Quran 16 : 58

And when is given good news (to) one of them of a female, turns his face dark and he suppresses grief.
وَإِذَا
Waiidhā
بُشِّرَ
Bushshira
أَحَدُهُم
Aaḥaduhum
بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Bialaunthaāā
ظَلَّ
Ẓalla
وَجْهُهُۥ
Wajhuhu
مُسْوَدًّا
Muswaddana
وَهُوَ
Wahuwa
كَظِيمٌ
Kaẓīmun

Mustaqim

And when any of them is given news of a female, his face darkens and he is upset.

Rashad Khalifa

When one of them gets a baby girl, his face becomes darkened with overwhelming grief.

Ahmed Hulusi

When the good news of a female (child) is given to one of them, his face darkens in rage!

Aisha Bewley

When one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is furious.

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And when one of them is given news of a female, his face becomes darkened and he is in grief

Shakir

And when a daughter is announced to one of them his face becomes black and he is full of wrath

Linda "iLham" Barto

When news is brought to one of them of a girl baby, his face darkens. He is filled with grief.

Talal Itani (2012)

And when one of them is given news of a female infant, his face darkens, and he chokes with grief

Musharraf Hussain

When one of them is given the news of the birth of a girl, his face darkens, full of fuming anger;

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

When one of them is given news of a female, his face darkens, he becomes choked with silent grief.

Wahiduddin Khan

When the birth of a girl is announced to any of them, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom

The Wise Quran

And when one of them is given good tidings of a female, his face becomes dark, and he is repressed.

Arthur John Arberry

and when any of them is given the good tidings of a girl, his face is darkened and he chokes inwardly

Bilal Muhammad 2018

When news is brought to one of them of a female, his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief

Corpus.Quran

And when is given good news (to) one of them of a female turns his face dark and he suppresses grief

Abdel Haleem

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

N J Dawood 2014

When the birth of a female is announced to one of them, his countenance darkens and he is mightily vexed

The Study Quran

And when one of them receives tidings of a female [child], his face darkens, and he is choked with anguish

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

When good news of the birth of a female is given to any of them, his face grows dark and inwardly he chokes

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when the birth of a daughter is announced to one of them, his face becomes black and he is full of wrath

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

When one of them is given the good news of a female child, his face becomes gloomy and he is choked with grief

Mohammad Shafi

And when news of a daughter being born is given to any of them, his face becomes darkened with suppressed anger

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage.

Samy Mahdy

And when one of them is preaching with the female, his face stays blackish, and he is a suppressor (His rage).

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And when any of them was given good tidings of a female, his face stayed one that is clouded over and he chokes.

John Medows Rodwell

For when the birth of a daughter is announced to any one of them, dark shadows settle on his face, and he is sad

Maududi

When any of them is told about the birth of a female his face turns dark, and he is filled with suppressed anger

Bakhtiari Nejad

And when the news of (birth of) a female is given to one of them, his face turns dark and he holds back his anger.

Muhammad Sarwar

When the glad news of the birth of their daughter is brought to them, their faces turn gloomy and black with anger

George Sale

And when any of them is told the news of the birth of a female, his face becometh black, and he is deeply afflicted

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly

Shabbir Ahmed

So, whenever any of them is given the glad tiding of the birth of a daughter, his face darkens with sadness and anger

Safi Kaskas

Whenever one of them is given the good news of a daughter's birth, his face darkens and he fills with bottled-up anger.

Sher Ali

And when to one of them is conveyed the tidings of the birth of a female, his face darkens with inward suppressed grief

Edward Henry Palmer

When any one of them has tidings of a female child, his face is overclouded and black, and he has to keep back his wrath

Irving/Hegab

Yet whenever one of them receives word he has had a daughter, his face becomes black with gloom and he feels like choking.

T.B.Irving

Yet whenever one of them receives word he has had a daughter, his face becomes black with gloom and he feels like choking.

Ahmed Ali

Yet when news of the birth of a daughter reaches one of them, his face is darkened, and he is overwhelmed with silent grief

Munir Mezyed

When the news of the birth of a daughter is announced to one of them, his face becomes gloomy; and he is filled with sorrow.

Faridul Haque

And when one among of them receives the glad tidings of a daughter, his face turns black for the day, and he remains seething

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

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And when the news (of the birth) of a daughter is disclosed to any of them, his face turns dark and he gets pent up with anger

Hamid S. Aziz

When any one of them receives tidings of a female child, his face is over clouded and black, and he is filled with inner wrath

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And when there is announced unto any of them a female his countenance remainoth darkened the whole day and he is wroth inwardly

Dr. Munir Munshey

Just break the good news of a daughter to any one of them. His face darkens with dismay, and he struggles to hide (his feelings)

Ali Quli Qara'i

When one of them is brought the news of a female [newborn], his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed agony

Bijan Moeinian

When one of them is given the good news of having a baby girl, his face changes the color and he becomes overwhelmed with the grief

MunirMezyed2023

And Whenever one of them is given the good news of the birth of a baby girl, his face becomes gloomy, and he is filled with sorrow.

Abdul Hye

And when the news of (birth of) a female child is brought to any of them, his face remains dark, and he is filled with inward grief!

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And when news of a female (baby's birth) is taken to one of them, his face darkens (with sorrow), and he is filled with sadness inside

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when one of them is given the tidings of (the birth) of a female, his face lingers blackened and he is ever-repressed (with sorrow)

Hilali - Khan

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

Ali Ünal

When any of them is given news of the birth of a girl, his face becomes overcast, and he is (as if choking inwardly) with suppressed anger

Fode Drame

And when any of them is given the glad tidings about the birth of a daughter his face remains darkened while he suppresses his indignation.

Mir Aneesuddin

And when one of them is given the news of (the birth of a) girl, his face is shadowed black and he becomes a restless restrainer (of grief).

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And if any of them was announced good news to with the female, his face became/remained blackened, and he is holding (his) breath/suppressed

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

Dr. Kamal Omar

And when the good news is pronounced to one of them about the (birth of a) female (child), his face turned pale and he became filled with inward grief

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And when the good tiding of the birth of a daughter is conveyed to any of them, then his face remains black all along the day, and he suppresses his anger.

Amatul Rahman Omar

When one of them is given the tidings (of the birth) of a female, his face clouds up and darkens (in sorrow) and he is full of grief and anger suppressed up