The active role of the Holy Quran in combating the burial of girls alive

Document Type : Research Article

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Assistant Professor of of Islamic Studies، Shahrekord University، Shahrekord، Iran

10.30497/qhs.2025.247719.4089

Abstract

Coinciding with the beginning of the revelation of the Holy Quran, the people of Hejaz used to bury their daughters alive, but some time after the struggle of the Quran, this culture was eradicated. Considering the wisdom of the gradual revelation of the Quran, it seems that this struggle took place in the course of revelation based on a specific pattern. "Discovering the dimensions of the wisdom of the gradual revelation of the Holy Quran", "The Quran's concern for correcting incorrect behaviors in the field of culture" and "The importance of the gradual method in the cultural changes of society" require this issue to be examined. The aim of this research is to show how the Holy Quran eradicated this anti-human culture by analyzing the verses in the course of revelation. The findings of the study show that this struggle was achieved in five steps: First: “Supporting girls buried alive on the Day of Judgment without mentioning the perpetrators in Surah Takwīr (Revelation: 7)”, Second: “Indirect criticism of the Arabs’ hatred of girls in Surahs Najm, Isrāʾ and Ṣāffāt (Revelation: 23, 50 and 56)”, Third: “Direct criticism of the Arabs’ hatred of girls in Surah Zukhruf (Revelation: 64)”, Fourth: “Explicit and comprehensive criticism of the culture of burying girls alive in Surah Naḥl (Revelation: 70)” and Fifth: “Erasing the remnants of the wrong view of girls in Surah Ṭūr” (Revelation: 75)”. The analysis of these five steps shows the gradual action of the Holy Quran to eradicate this culture.

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