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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
Text: Tanzil Project,tanzil.net · verbatim and unchanged · previous verse · next verse
And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked— Marmaduke Pickthall
Summary
Verse 8 of Surat at-Takwir, a Meccan surah. Scholars connect its revelation to burying daughters alive (wa'd). 1
Place in the museum
Its place: verse 8 of 29 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.
Connections
- Revealed about
- Waʾd (Infant Burial)
- Part of
- Sura 81: At-Takwir
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qur'an 81:8”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/quran-81-8/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.