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Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 58

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وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
Wai tha bushshira a h aduhum bi a lonth a th alla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa ka th eem un
for, whenever any of them is given the glad tiding of [the birth of] a girl,65 his face darkens, and he is filled with suppressed anger,
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., a tiding that should have been regarded as a happy one, since the sex of the child ought to make no difference to parental love.

Whenever the news of a female child is announced to any one of them, his face darkens and he chokes with inward gloom.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage.
  - Mustafa Khattab
When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
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!
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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