The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
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43:17
وَإِذَا
بُشِّرَ
أَحَدُهُم
بِمَا
ضَرَبَ
لِلرَّحْمَنِ
مَثَلًا
ظَلَّ
وَجْهُهُ
مُسْوَدًّا
وَهُوَ
كَظِيمٌ
wa-ʾidhā bushshira ʾaḥaduhum bi-mā ḍaraba li-r-raḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhū muswaddan wa-huwa kaẓīmun
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!
— Abdullah Yusufali
When one of them is brought the news of what he ascribes to the All-beneficent, his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed rage, [and says]
