Today's verse

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم

Chapter 108
ﺳﻮﺭﺓ ﺍﻟﮑَﻮﺛَﺮ
Sūrat al-Kawthar

A River in Paradise

Verse 2

Arabic
ﻓَﺼَﻞِّ ﻟِﺮَﺑِّﻚَ ﻭَﺍﻧْﺤَﺮْ

Transliteration:

Fa'sal lili rabbika wan har

(Pronounce the h like you're blowing out air from you mouth)

Meaning:

2. Therefore turn in
prayer to your Lord and sacrifice.

Tafsir:

Then Allah says,
﴿ﻓَﺼَﻞِّ ﻟِﺮَﺑِّﻚَ ﻭَﺍﻧْﺤَﺮْ ﴾
(Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice.) meaning, `just as We have given you the abundant goodness in this life and the Hereafter -- and from that is the
river that has been described previously -- then make your
obligatory and optional prayer, and your sacrifice (of animals) solely and sincerely for your Lord. Woship Him alone and do not associate any partner with him. And sacrifice pronouncing His Name alone, without ascribing
any partner to Him.' This is as Allah says,
﴿ﻗُﻞْ ﺇِﻥَّ ﺻَﻼَﺗِﻰ ﻭَﻧُﺴُﻜِﻰ ﻭَﻣَﺤْﻴَﺎﻯَ ﻭَﻣَﻤَﺎﺗِﻰ
ﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﺭَﺏِّ ﺍﻟْﻌَـﻠَﻤِﻴﻦَ - ﻻَ ﺷَﺮِﻳﻚَ ﻟَﻪُ ﻭَﺑِﺬَﻟِﻚَ
ﺃُﻣِﺮْﺕُ ﻭَﺃَﻧَﺎْ ﺃَﻭَّﻝُ ﺍﻟْﻤُﺴْﻠِﻤِﻴﻦَ ﴾
(Say: "Verily, my Salah, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of all that exists. He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the
first of the Muslims.'') (6:162-163)

Ibn `Abbas, `Ata,' Mujahid, `Ikrimah and Al-Hasan all said, "This means with
this the Budn should be sacrificed.'' Qatadah, Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi, Ad-Dahhak, Ar-Rabi`, `Ata' Al-Khurasani,
Al-Hakam, Isma`il bin Abi Khalid and others from the Salaf have all said the same. This is the opposite of the way of the idolators, prostrating to other than Allah and sacrificing in other than His Name. Allah says,
﴿ﻭَﻻَ ﺗَﺄْﻛُﻠُﻮﺍْ ﻣِﻤَّﺎ ﻟَﻢْ ﻳُﺬْﻛَﺮِ ﺍﺳْﻢُ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻪِ
ﻭَﺇِﻧَّﻪُ ﻟَﻔِﺴْﻖٌ﴾
(And do not eat from what Allah's Name has not been pronounced over, indeed that is Fisq.) (6:121)

Tafsir Ibn Kathir