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Quran 43:17

Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 17

Juz 25 · Page 490 · Ruku 425 · Meccan

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

Word by word

وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when بُشِّرَ bushira is given good news أَحَدُهُم aḥaduhum (to) one of them بِمَا bimā of what ضَرَبَ ḍaraba he sets up لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ lilrraḥmāni for the Most Gracious مَثَلًۭا mathalan (as) a likeness ظَلَّ ẓalla becomes وَجْهُهُۥ wajhuhu his face مُسْوَدًّۭا mus'waddan dark وَهُوَ wahuwa and he كَظِيمٌ kaẓīmun (is) filled with grief

Transliteration

Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bimadaraba lirrahmani mathalan thallawajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم ذكر تمام الإنكار فقال : ( وإذا بشر أحدهم بما ضرب للرحمن مثلا ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم ) أي : إذا بشر أحد هؤلاء بما جعلوه لله من البنات يأنف من ذلك غاية الأنفة ، وتعلوه كآبة من سوء ما بشر به ، ويتوارى من القوم من خجله من ذلك ، يقول تعالى : فكيف تأنفون أنتم من ذلك ، وتنسبونه إلى الله عز وجل ؟ .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.