At-Takwir 81:9
The Overthrowing · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 586
The Buried Girl
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ ٩
For what sin she was slain.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
When the girl buried alive is asked for what sin she was killed.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “maw’udah” as the little girl buried alive and killed; this cruelty of the pre-Islamic Arabs will be called to account that day.
Reflect
Make a little girl happy today.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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