Tafseer Soorah al-Kawthar
Imam Ibn Kathir
Translated and Abridged from Tafseer Ibn Katheer
by Sameh Strauch
© 1996 IIPH
In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
1. Verily, We have given you al-Kawthar,
2. So turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice,
3. For he who makes you angry, he will be cut off.
It is narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said, "The Messenger of Allaah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam was dozing and then he raised his head and smiled, then either he said to them (the Companions), or they said to him: "Why did you laugh?" The he sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said: "Verily, a soorah has been revealed to me." Then he recited, < In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, Verily We have given you Al-Kawthar > to the end of the Soorah. The he asked, "Do you know what Al-Kawthar is?" They replied, "Allaah and His Messenger know best." He said: "It is a river granted to me by my Lord, the Almighty, the All-powerful in Paradise, in which is great goodness; its drinking vessels are as (limitless as) the heavenly bodies. It refuses to allow one of the slaves to drink, and the Prophet will say: "Oh, my Lord! He is one of my community." But it will be said to him: "You know nothing of the innovations (in religion) that they practiced after you.
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