For [thus it is:] if any of them is given the glad tiding of [the birth of] what he so readily attributes to the Most Gracious,15 his face darkens, and he is filled with suppressed anger:
Asad Translation Note Number :
Lit., "what he postulates as a likeness of [or "as likely for"] the Most Gracious": i.e., female offspring, which implies a natural "likeness" to its progenitor.
Malik Quran Translation
Yet when a new born-girl - the gender that they ascribe to the Compassionate - is announced to one of them, his face darkens and he is filled with grief.
Yusuf Ali Quran Translation
When news is brought to one of them of (the birth of) what he sets up as a likeness to (Allah) Most Gracious his face darkens and he is filled with inward grief! 4622
Yusuf Ali Translation Note Number :
Cf. xvi. 57-59 and notes. With scathing irony it is pointed out that what they hate and are ashamed of for themselves they attribute to Allah!
Mustafa Khattab Quran Translation
Whenever one of them is given the good news of what they attribute to the Most Compassionate,1 his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage.
Mustafa Khattab Translation Note Number :
i.e., the birth of a baby girl.
Piktal Quran Translation
And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the Beneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward rage.
