31وَلا تَقتُلوا أَولادَكُم خَشيَةَ إِملاقٍ ۖ نَحنُ نَرزُقُهُم وَإِيّاكُم ۚ إِنَّ قَتلَهُم كانَ خِطئًا كَبيرًاN. J. DawoodYou shall not kill your children for fear of want.1 We will provide for them and for you. To kill them is a grievous sin.An allusion to the pre-Islāmic custom of burying alive unwanted newborn girls.