Surah Al-Kawthar – Abundance – Quran Chapter 108
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سورة الكوثرAl-KawtharAbundance
108
Chapter
3
Verses
Makki
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About Surah Al-Kawthar

The shortest surah in the Quran, Al-Kawthar was revealed to comfort Prophet Muhammad after Meccan opponents mocked him for having no surviving sons, taunting that his family line would die out. The surah promises him "Al-Kawthar," an abundance of good — traditionally understood to include a river or fountain in Paradise — and instructs him to pray and sacrifice in gratitude, declaring that it is his enemies, not him, who will be truly cut off.

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إِنَّآ أَعۡطَيۡنَٰكَ ٱلۡكَوۡثَرَ
Innaa a'taina kal kauthar
Lo! We have given thee Abundance;
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فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنۡحَرۡ
Fa salli li rabbika wanhar
So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice.
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إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلۡأَبۡتَرُ
Inna shani-aka huwal abtar
Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity.
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