Surah An-Nahl
Quran 16:58
Read Quran 16:58 from Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 16:58
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُمْ بِالْأُنْثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ٥٨
When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 16. An-Nahl (The Bee)
- Ayah
- 58 of 128
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 16:58
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 16:58
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
فكان أحدهم { وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِالْأُنْثَى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا } من الغم الذي أصابه { وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ } أي: كاظم على الحزن والأسف إذا بشِّر بأنثى، وحتى إنه يفتضح عند أبناء جنسه ويتوارى منهم من سوء ما بشر به.