Quran-81:8 Surah At-takweer English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

Transliteration:( Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat )

8. And when the female child buried alive is questioned [7] about. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(8) And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked (Saheen International Translation)

Surah At-Takweer Ayat 8 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

The Questioning of the Female Child Buried Alive on the Day of Judgment

"And when the female child buried alive is questioned." (Surah Al-Takweer: 8)


7. This verse refers to the accountability of the one who buried a female child alive. On the Day of Judgment, the one who buried her will be sentenced to death. If they were a polytheist, they would face the punishment for both murder and polytheism. This connects to the Hadith that both WAAIDA and MAUOODA (the one who throws herself into the fire and the one thrown into the fire as part of a custom) will be sent to Hell.

The term MAUOODA does not refer to minor daughters but rather to those women who were killed due to cultural practices, such as the historical custom in India where a wife was burned alive with her deceased husband. Therefore, there is no contradiction between the verses and the Hadith.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Takwir verse 8 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Takwir ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 14.


Ala-Maududi

(81:8) and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked:


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

(8) And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

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