At-Takwir

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Surat At-Takwir (Arabic: سورة التكوير ) (The Overthrowing) is the 81st sura of the Qur'an with 29 ayat.

The prohibition of female infanticide was revealed in ayat 8,9 of this Sura:

"And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned:(8) For what sin she was killed? (9)"

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