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Al-Kawthar

Al-Kawthar () is the 108th chapter (sūrah) of the Quran. It is the shortest chapter, consisting of three ayat or verses:

۝ Verily, We have granted you abundance.
۝ So pray to your Lord and sacrifice [to Him alone].
۝ Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.

There are several opinions regarding its timing and contextual background of revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl). According to Ibn Ishaq, it is an early Meccan surah, revealed in Mecca.

The word Kawthar is derived from the triliteral root (k - th - r), meaning "to increase, to be plentiful, abundance." It appears in the Qur'an solely in this sūrah.

Text and transliteration

Arabic Text (Hafs)

<br /> <br /> <br /> ¹ <br /> <br /> ² <br /> <br /> ³

Meanings

Sahih International

1. Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muhammad], al-Kawthar.<br /> 2. So pray to your Lord and sacrifice [to Him alone].<br /> 3. Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.

Yusuf Ali

1. To thee have We granted the Fount (of Abundance).<br /> 2. Therefore, to thy Lord turn in Prayer and Sacrifice.<br /> 3. For he who hateth thee, he will be cut off (from Future Hope).

Pickthall

1. Lo! We have given thee Abundance;<br /> 2. So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice.<br /> 3. Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity.

Hadith

  • Imam Ahmad recorded from Anas bin Malik that a man said, "O Messenger of Allah! What is Al-Kawthar?" He replied: "It is a river in Paradise which my Lord has given me."
  • Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas: "The word 'Al-Kauthar' means the abundant good which Allah gave to the Prophet."
  • Narrated Abu Huraira: "There is a garden from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my pulpit, and my pulpit is on my Lake Fount (Al-Kauthar)."

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