According to search-discovered classical Islamic scholarship, the topic addresses the pre-Islamic Arabian practice known as **Wa'd al-Banat** (the burial of daughters), where the birth of a baby girl was considered an evil omen or a source of shame. The Quran, in verses such as 16:58-59, vividly captures the father's reaction of a darkened face and suppressed grief, pondering whether to keep his daughter in humiliation or bury her alive. Classical commentators like Ibn Kathir and Al-Tabari explain these verses as a divine condemnation of the ignorance (Jahiliyyah) and cruelty that devalued female life. The synthesis across verses like 43:18 and 53:21-22 further exposes the hypocrisy of the pagan Arabs, who would despise daughters for themselves yet assign female deities as 'daughters' to Allah. Islam's arrival marked a radical and complete abolition of this practice, establishing the sanctity of female life and elevating the status of daughters to one of honor and blessing, a central tenet of its social revolution.