Surah Al-Kauthar
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
1. Verily, We have granted you Al-Kawthar.
2. Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice.
3. For he who hates you, he will be cut off.
- Muslim,
Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i, all recorded from Anas that he said, "While we
were with the Messenger of Allah in the Masjid, he dozed off into a
slumber. Then he lifted his head smiling. We said, `O Messenger of
Allah! What has caused you to laugh' He said, "Verily, a Surah was just
revealed to me.' Then he recited,
"Verily, We have granted you
Al-Kawthar. Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice. For he
who hates you, he will be cut off."
- Then
he said, "Do you all know what is Al-Kawthar" We said, `Allah and His
Messenger know best.' He said, "Verily, it is a river that my Lord, the
Mighty and Majestic, has promised me and it has abundant goodness. It is
a pond where my Ummah will be brought to on the Day of Judgement. Its
containers are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Then a servant of
Allah from among them will be (prevented from it) and I will say: "O
Lord! Verily, he is from my Ummah (followers).'' Then He (Allah) will
say: "Verily, you do not know what he introduced (or innovated) after
you.)')"
This is the wording of Muslim.
- Imam
Ahmad also recorded from Anas that the Messenger of Allah said, "I
entered Paradise and I came to a river whose banks had tents made of
pearls. So I thrust my hand into its flowing water and found that it was
the strongest (smell) of musk. So I asked, "O Jibril! What is this'' He
replied, "This is Al-Kawthar which Allah, the Mighty and Majestic has
given you."
Al-Bukhari recorded this in his Sahih, and so did Muslim, on the authority of Anas bin Malik.
- Ahmad
recorded from Anas 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. It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. There are birds
in it whose necks are (long) like carrots." `Umar said, "O Messenger of
Allah! Verily, they (the birds) will be beautiful.'' The Prophet
replied, "The one who eats them (i.e., the people of Paradise) will be
more beautiful than them, O `Umar."
- The
word Al-Kawthar comes from the word Kathrah (abundance) and it
(Al-Kawthar) linguistically means an abundance of goodness. So from this
goodness is the river (in Paradise).
Allahu Akbar.. how
exciting is this!?! May we all, and the ummah, be blessed by the Most
Generous to see and taste (and swim in) al Kauthar!!! Ameen!