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108. Al-Kawthar · Abundance

An assurance of abundant good is followed by a call to pray and sacrifice for God. The closing reversal answers hostility toward the messenger, placing the meaning of lasting blessing beyond the contempt expressed by an opponent.

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Meccan (traditional classification) · 3 verses

Editorial themes: Divine generosity · Prayer · Sacrifice · Reassurance

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

108:1 Compare translations ↗

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ

Lo! We have given thee Abundance;

108:2 Compare translations ↗

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ

So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice.

108:3 Compare translations ↗

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ

Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity.

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