The Bee 16:58

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِذَا wa-idhā
And when Noun
بُشِّرَ bushira
is given good news V
أَحَدُهُم aḥaduhum
(to) one of them Noun
of a female Noun
ظَلَّ ẓalla
turns V
his face Noun
dark Noun
وَهُوَ wahuwa
and he Noun
كَظِيمٌ kaẓīmun
suppresses grief Noun

When one of them is given news of the birth of a baby girl, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدࣰّا وَهُوَ كَظِیمࣱ ۝٥٨

wa-idhā bushira aḥaduhum bil-unthā ẓalla wajhuhu mus'waddan wahuwa kaẓīmu