Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 17
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
Az-Zukhruf · 43:17
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- بُشِّرَbushirais given good news
- أَحَدُهُمaḥaduhum(to) one of them
- بِمَاbimāof what
- ضَرَبَḍarabahe sets up
- لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānifor the Most Gracious
- مَثَلًۭاmathalan(as) a likeness
- ظَلَّẓallabecomes
- وَجْهُهُۥwajhuhuhis face
- مُسْوَدًّۭاmus'waddandark
- وَهُوَwahuwaand he
- كَظِيمٌkaẓīmun(is) filled with grief
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