The Holy Quran 81:9 — Surah At-Takwir

Arabic text

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Translation

...for what sin she was killed. (These two verses refer to the practice of some Arab Mushrikeen during the period of ignorance who used to bury their infant daughters alive merely because they disliked having daughters.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

There will be questioning about the wrong done to daughters: it was a custom among the Arabs that a father would bury his daughter alive in the ground with the utmost hard-heartedness and cruelty. Some did this out of fear of poverty and of the expenses of marriage, and for others it was a disgrace that they would give their daughter to someone and he would…

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