Female Infanticide (Wa'd al-Banat) in the Holy Quran

﴿ وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدّٗا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٞ * يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓۚ أَيُمۡسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمۡ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ ﴾ [An-Naḥl: 58-59]

(58) And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

(59) He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.

Surah: An-Naḥl - Verse: 58-59 - Juz: 14 - Page: 273

﴿وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مَثَلٗا ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدّٗا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ﴾ [Az-Zukhruf: 17]

(17) And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

Surah: Az-Zukhruf - Verse: 17 - Juz: 25 - Page: 490

﴿ وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ * بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ﴾ [At-Takwīr: 8-9]

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

(9) For what sin she was killed

Surah: At-Takwīr - Verse: 8-9 - Juz: 30 - Page: 586