Today's verse

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم

Chapter 109
ﺳﻮﺭﺓ ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻓﺮﻭﻥ
Sūrat al-Kāfirūn
The Disbelievers

Verse 6

Arabic
ﺇِﻧَّﺎ ﺃَﻋْﻄَﻴْﻨَﺎﻙَ ﺍﻟْﻜَﻮْﺛَﺮ

Transliteration:

In naa a'ataenaa kal kawthar

Meaning:

1. Verily, We have granted you Al-Kawthar.
Tafsir:

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,

‏« ﻟَﻘَﺪْ ﺃُﻧْﺰِﻟَﺖْ ﻋَﻠَﻲَّ ﺁﻧِﻔًﺎ ﺳُﻮﺭَﺓ‏»
(Verily, a Surah was just revealed to me.) Then he recited,
﴿ﺇِﻧَّﺂ ﺃَﻋْﻄَﻴْﻨَـﻚَ ﺍﻟْﻜَﻮْﺛَﺮَ - ﻓَﺼَﻞِّ ﻟِﺮَﺑِّﻚَ ﻭَﺍﻧْﺤَﺮْ
- ﺇِﻥَّ ﺷَﺎﻧِﺌَﻚَ ﻫُﻮَ ﺍﻻٌّﺑْﺘَﺮُ ﴾
(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,
‏« ﺃَﺗَﺪْﺭُﻭﻥَ ﻣَﺎ ﺍﻟْﻜَﻮْﺛَﺮُ؟‏»
(Do you all know what is Al-Kawthar) We said, `Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said,
‏«ﻓَﺈِﻧَّﻪُ ﻧَﻬَﺮٌ ﻭَﻋَﺪَﻧِﻴﻪِ ﺭَﺑِّﻲ ﻋَﺰَّ ﻭَﺟَﻞَّ،ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻪِ
ﺧَﻴْﺮٌ ﻛَﺜِﻴﺮٌ، ﻫُﻮَ ﺣَﻮْﺽٌ ﺗَﺮِﺩُ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻪِ ﺃُﻣَّﺘِﻲ ﻳَﻮْﻡَ
ﺍﻟْﻘِﻴَﺎﻣَﺔِ، ﺁﻧِﻴَﺘُﻪُ ﻋَﺪَﺩُ ﺍﻟﻨُّﺠُﻮﻡِ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﺴَّﻤَﺎﺀِ،
ﻓَﻴُﺨْﺘَﻠَﺞُ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺒْﺪُ ﻣِﻨْﻬُﻢْ ﻓَﺄَﻗُﻮﻝُ: ﺭَﺏِّ ﺇِﻧَّﻪُ ﻣِﻦْ
ﺃُﻣَّﺘِﻲ، ﻓَﻴَﻘُﻮﻝُ: ﺇِﻧَّﻚَ ﻟَﺎ ﺗَﺪْﺭِﻱ ﻣَﺎ ﺃَﺣْﺪَﺙَ
ﺑَﻌْﺪَﻙ‏»
(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. Ahmad recorded this
Hadith from Muhammad bin Fudayl, who reported from Al- Mukhtar bin Fulful, who reported it from Anas bin Malik.

Imam Ahmad also recorded from Anas that the Messenger of Allah said,
‏« ﺩَﺧَﻠْﺖُ ﺍﻟْﺠَﻨَّﺔَ ﻓَﺈِﺫَﺍ ﺃَﻧَﺎ ﺑِﻨَﻬْﺮٍ ﺣَﺎﻓَﺘَﺎﻩُ ﺧِﻴَﺎﻡُ
ﺍﻟﻠُّﺆْﻟُﺆِ، ﻓَﻀَﺮَﺑْﺖُ ﺑِﻴَﺪِﻱ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﻣَﺎ ﻳَﺠْﺮِﻱ ﻓِﻴﻪِ
ﺍﻟْﻤَﺎﺀُ، ﻓَﺈِﺫَﺍ ﻣِﺴْﻚٌ ﺃَﺫْﻓَﺮُ، ﻗُﻠْﺖُ: ﻣَﺎﻫَﺬَﺍ ﻳَﺎ
ﺟِﺒْﺮِﻳﻞُ؟ ﻗَﺎﻝَ: ﻫَﺬَﺍ ﺍﻟْﻜَﻮْﺛَﺮُ ﺍﻟَّﺬِﻱ ﺃَﻋْﻄَﺎﻛَﻪُ
ﺍﻟﻠﻪُ ﻋَﺰَّ ﻭَﺟَﻞ‏»
(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. In their version
Anas said, "When the Prophet was taken up to the heaven, he said,
‏« ﺃَﺗَﻴْﺖُ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻧَﻬْﺮٍ ﺣَﺎﻓَﺘَﺎﻩُ ﻗِﺒَﺎﺏُ ﺍﻟﻠُّﺆْﻟُﺆِ
ﺍﻟْﻤُﺠَﻮَّﻑِ ﻓَﻘُﻠْﺖُ: ﻣَﺎ ﻫَﺬَﺍ ﻳَﺎ ﺟِﺒْﺮِﻳﻞُ؟ ﻗَﺎﻝَ :
ﻫَﺬَﺍ ﺍﻟْﻜَﻮْﺛَﺮ‏»
(I came to a river whose banks had domes of hollowed pearl. I said: "O Jibril! What is this'' He replied: "This is Al-  Kawthar.'')'' This is the wording of Al-Bukhari.

Ahmad recorded from Anas that a man said, "O Messenger of Allah!
What is Al-Kawthar'' He replied,
‏« ﻫُﻮَ ﻧَﻬْﺮٌ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟْﺠَﻨَّﺔِ ﺃَﻋْﻄَﺎﻧِﻴﻪِ ﺭَﺑِّﻲ، ﻟَﻬُﻮَ
ﺃَﺷَﺪُّ ﺑَﻴَﺎﺿًﺎ ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟﻠَّﺒَﻦِ، ﻭَﺃَﺣْﻠَﻰ ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺴَﻞِ،
ﻓِﻴﻪِ ﻃُﻴُﻮﺭٌ ﺃَﻋْﻨَﺎﻗُﻬَﺎ ﻛَﺄَﻋْﻨَﺎﻕِ ﺍﻟْﺠُﺰُﺭ‏»
(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,
‏« ﺁﻛِﻠُﻬَﺎ ﺃَﻧْﻌَﻢُ ﻣِﻨْﻬَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻋُﻤَﺮ‏»
(The one who eats them (i.e., the people of Paradise) will be more beautiful than them, O `Umar.) Al-Bukhari recorded from Sa`id bin Jubayr that Ibn `Abbas said about Al-Kawthar, "It is the good which Allah gave to him (the
Prophet).'' Abu Bishr said, "I said to Sa`id bin Jubayr, `Verily, people are claiming that it is a river in Paradise.''' Sa`id  replied, `The river which is in Paradise is part of the
goodness which Allah gave him.''' Al-Bukhari also recorded from Sa`id bin Jubayr that Ibn `Abbas said, "Al-Kawthar is
the abundant goodness.'' This explanation includes the river and other things as well. Because the word Al-Kawthar comes from the word Kathrah (abundance) and it (Al-
Kawthar) linguistically means an abun
dance of goodness. So from this goodness is the river (in Paradise). Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn `Umar that the Messenger of
Allah said,
‏« ﺍﻟْﻜَﻮْﺛَﺮُ ﻧَﻬْﺮٌ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟْﺠَﻨَّﺔِ ﺣَﺎﻓَﺘَﺎﻩُ ﻣِﻦْ ﺫَﻫَﺐٍ،
ﻭَﺍﻟْﻤَﺎﺀُ ﻳَﺠْﺮِﻱ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺍﻟﻠُّﺆْﻟُﺆِ، ﻭَﻣَﺎﺅُﻩُ ﺃَﺷَﺪُّ
ﺑَﻴَﺎﺿًﺎ ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟﻠَّﺒَﻦِ، ﻭَﺃَﺣْﻠَﻰ ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺴَﻞ‏»
(Al-Kawthar is a river in Paradise whose banks are of gold and it runs over pearls. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey.) This Hadith was recorded in this
manner by At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir. At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih.''

Tafsir Ibn Kathir