Az-Zukhruf 43:17 واذا بشر احدهم بما ضرب للرحمان مثلا ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم ١٧

43:17

وَإِذَا

بُشِّرَ

أَحَدُهُم

بِمَا

ضَرَبَ

لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ

مَثَلٗا

ظَلَّ

وَجۡهُهُۥ

مُسۡوَدّٗا

وَهُوَ

كَظِيمٌ

١٧

(They believe so although when) any of them is given tidings of the birth of a female child the like of which he assigns to the Merciful One, his countenance darkens and he is choked with grief.

Endelea Kusoma

Soma Tafsir

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Condemnation of the Idolators' attribution of Offspring to Allah

Here Allah speaks of the lies and fabrications of the idolators, when they devoted some of their cattle to their false gods and some to Allah, as He described in Surat Al-An`am where He said:

وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَر

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Condemnation of the Idolators' attribution of Offspring to Allah

Here Allah speaks of the lies and fabrications of the idolators, when they devoted som

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Zaidi Tafsir

Soma Maudhui Yanayohusiana

Sura 43, Ukurasa 490, Juzuu 25

16. Has Allah taken for Himself daughters out of those whom He creates and has chosen you to have sons? 17. (They believe so although when) any of them is given tidings of the birth of a female child the like of which he assigns to the Merciful One, his countenance darkens and he is choked with grief. 18. Do they assign to Allah one who grows up amidst ornaments and is not well-versed in the art of disputation? 19. They claim that angels, who are Allah's chosen servants, are females. Did they witness how their body is constituted? Their testimony shall be written and they shall be called to account. 20. They say: “Had the Merciful One so willed, we would never have worshipped these deities.” But they have no knowledge of the matter and are simply conjecturing. 21. Or did We bestow upon them a Book before on whose authority they are holding on (to angel-worship)? 22. Nay; they simply claim: “We found our forefathers on a way, and we continue to find guidance in their footsteps.” 23. And thus it is: whenever We sent any warner to a city its affluent ones said: “We found our forefathers on a way and we continue to follow in their footsteps.” 24. Each Prophet asked them: “Will you do so even if we were to show you a way better than the way of your forefathers?” They answered: “We disbelieve in the religion with which you have been sent.” 25. Then We exacted retribution from them. So do consider the end of those who gave the lie (to the Prophets).

- A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)