16:65 An-Nahl (The Bee)

والله أنزل من السحاب مطرًا، فأخرج به النبات من الأرض بعد أن كانت قاحلة يابسة، إن في إنزال المطر وإنبات النبات لَدليلا على قدرة الله على البعث وعلى الوحدانية، لقوم يسمعون، ويتدبرون، ويطيعون الله، ويتقونه.

عن الله مواعظه وتذكيره فيستدلوا بذلك على أنه وحده المعبود، الذي لا تنبغي العبادة إلا له وحده، لأنه المنعم بإنزال المطر وإنبات جميع أصناف النبات، وعلى أنه على كل شيء قدير، وأن الذي أحيا الأرض بعد موتها قادر على إحياء الأموات وأن الذي نشر هذا الإحسان لذو رحمة واسعة وجود عظيم.

وكما جعل سبحانه القرآن حياة للقلوب الميتة بكفرها كذلك يحيى الأرض بعد موتها بما أنزله عليها من السماء من ماء "إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يسمعون" أي يفهمون الكلام ومعناه.

And God sends down water from the heaven and therewith revives the earth with plants after its death after its drying up. Surely in that which is mentioned there is a sign indicating the truth of the Resurrection for a people who listen listening and then reflecting.

Also at the end of the third verse (60), in: وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ (And He is the Mighty, the Wise), there is a hint that taking the birth of a baby girl to be nuisance and disgrace, and hiding from people because of it, amount to challenging Divine wisdom - as the creation of male and female among the created is the very requisite of wisdom. (Ruh a1-Bayan)

Ruling:

Clear indications are visible in these verses that taking the birth of a girl in the family to be a disaster or disgrace is not permissible under Islam. This is done by disbelievers. Quoting Shr'ah (شرعہ ) Tafsir Ruh al-Bayan also says that a Muslim should be happier at the birth of a girl in the family so that it becomes a refutation of the act of the people of Ja-hiliyyah. Says a Hadith: Blessed is the woman who gives birth to a girl in her first pregnancy. That the Arabic word: اِنَاث (inath: females) has been made to precede the word for 'males' in the verse of the Qur’ an: وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ الذُّكُورَ‌ (He bestows on whomsoever He wills females and bestows on whomsoever He wills males - 42:49) indicates that the birth of a girl from the first pregnancy is better.[

In another Hadith, it is said: Whoever finds any of such girls en-trusted to his care, and he treats them fairly and favourably, then, these girls will stand as a curtain between him and Hell. (Ruh al-Bayan)

To sum up, it can be said that taking the birth of a girl to be bad is a detestable custom of the pagan period. Muslims must abstain from it. In fact, they should be pleased and satisfied with the promise of Allah against it. Allah knows best.