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Qur’an 81:8 At-Takwir, verse 8

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
At-Takwir (81)
Verse
8 of 29
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
586

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُl-mawūdatuthe female infant buried aliveو أ د
سُئِلَتْsu-ilatis askedس أ ل

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 81:8 in At-Takwir.

  • 81:6وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْAnd when the seas are filled with flame
  • 81:7وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْAnd when the souls are paired
  • 81:9بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْFor what sin she was killed
  • 81:10وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْAnd when the pages are made public

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