Full Arabic — click to listen
Popular and/or Featured Works
and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to as
when the buried infant shall be asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned
Source Arabic and Literal tools
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
wa-idhā l-mawūdatu su-ilat
and when the female child ˹that were˺ buried alive is asked (i.e., questioned) 
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to as
And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned
and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked
when the female baby who was buried alive is asked
and when the female infant buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
and when the buried infant girl will be asked
when the buried girl is asked
and when the infant girl buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) will be questioned
And when the infant buried alive, is asked
and when the female infant buried alive is asked
When the baby girl buried alive is asked.
When the girl, buried alive, is asked
and when the female (infant) buried alive is asked —
when the infant girls buried alive (here reference is made to the Pre-Islamic Arab custom of burying new born girls alive) will be questione
And when the female infant buried alive will be asked
questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive
and when the girl-child that was buried alive will be asked
And when the little girl that was buried alive is made to ask
And the infant girl who was buried alive, would be asked
When the female (infant) buried alive, is questione
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the girl killed in infancy is asked,
when the baby girl buried alive is asked
And when the girl buried alive shall be asked
And the little girl buried alive is asked
when the baby girl buried alive is asked
And when the female infant, buried alive, is questione
when the girl buried-alive will be asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
and when the girl buried alive is asked
When the female infant buried alive is asked
when the baby girl buried alive is asked
and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked
And when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked
Controversial or status undetermined works
And when the female buried alive is questioned about.
The girl who was buried alive is asked
when the buried female infant is asked
And when the one buried alive is asked
And when/if the buried alive was asked/questioned
When the little born girl [who was buried because of her sex] will ask for…
And when the girl-child who was buried alive is asked
And when the female-infant buried alive is questioned about
When the girl killed in infancy is asked,
And when the infant girl buried alive will be asked
And when the girl-child who is buried alive will be questioned about
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
when the buried infant shall be asked
and when the girl who hath been buried alive shall be asked
And when the child who was buried alive shall be asked
And when the female child that had been buried alive shall be asked
when the infant girl,¹ buried alive, is asked
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
and (Wa) when (Izaa) the buried alive (f) (El'Maw'uudatu) has been asked (Suilat') (16:59)
And when the buried-alive infant female is questioned;
When the infant female who was buried alive be asked
And when the buried infant is asked,
When the baby girl, buried alive, is questioned…
and when the baby girl that was buried alive is asked
when the buried girl is asked
And when the female (infant) which is buried alive, was asked.
when the infant girl, buried alive, is asked
when the girl buried-alive will be asked
And the female infant who was buried alive is asked,
And when the female infant (Al-Maw'udah) buried alive is questioned (Su'ilat):
and when the baby girl who was buried alive is asked
and when the baby girl who was buried alive is asked
And when the girl-child buried alive is asked
The entombed - alive female infant is asked
and when the female child buried alive is asked
And when the girl-child who was buried alive is asked
Obsolete and/or older editions
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned
And when the girl killed in infancy is asked,
And when the girl killed in infancy is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat