Az-Zukhruf 43:17 واذا بشر احدهم بما ضرب للرحمان مثلا ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم ١٧
وَإِذَا
بُشِّرَ
أَحَدُهُم
بِمَا
ضَرَبَ
لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ
مَثَلٗا
ظَلَّ
وَجۡهُهُۥ
مُسۡوَدّٗا
وَهُوَ
كَظِيمٌ
١٧
And if one of them is informed of the news of (the birth of a girl) that which he sets forth as a parable to the Most Gracious (Allâh), his face becomes dark, and he is filled with grief!
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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
…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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