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Quran

Al-Kawthar 108:1

إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ

Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muḥammad], al-Kawthar.

Al-Kawthar 108:2

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ

So pray to your Lord and offer sacrifice [to Him alone].

Al-Kawthar 108:3

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ

Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.[1]

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,

إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ

إِنَّ شَانِيَكَ 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,

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

انِيَتُهُ 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 اللُّوْلُوِ

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 اللُّوْلُوِ 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 كَأَ��ْنَاقِ 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,

اكِلُهَا 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 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 abundance 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 اللُّوْلُوِ

وَمَاوُهُ 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."

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.

Worship 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 صَلَتِى وَنُسُكِى وَمَحْيَاىَ وَمَمَاتِى للَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ

لَا 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)

Allah says,

The Enemy of the Prophet is Cut Off

إِنَّ شَانِيَكَ هُوَ الاَْبْتَرُ

For he who hates you, he will be cut off.

meaning, `indeed he who hates you, O Muhammad, and he hates what you have come with of guidance, truth, clear proof and manifest light, he is the most cut off, meanest, lowliest person who will not be remembered.

Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Qatadah all said,

"This Ayah was revealed about Al-As bin Wa'il. Whenever the Messenger of Allah would be mentioned (in his presence) he would say,

`Leave him, for indeed he is a man who is cut off having no descendants. So when he dies he will not be remembered.'

Therefore, Allah revealed this Surah."

Shamir bin `Atiyah said,

"This Surah was revealed concerning `Uqbah bin Abi Mu`ayt."

Ibn `Abbas and `Ikrimah have both said,

"This Surah was revealed about Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf and a group of the disbelievers of the Quraysh."

Al-Bazzar recorded that Ibn Abbas said,

"Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf came to Makkah and the Quraysh said to him,

`You are the leader of them (the people). What do you think about this worthless man who is cut off from his people He claims that he is better than us while we are the people of the place of pilgrimage, the people of custodianship (of the Ka`bah), and the people who supply water to the pilgrims.'

He replied, `You all are better than him.'

So Allah revealed, "

إِنَّ شَانِيَكَ هُوَ الاٌّبْتَرُ

(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)"

This is how Al-Bazzar recorded this incident and its chain of narration is authentic.

It has been reported that Ata' said,

"This Surah was revealed about Abu Lahab when a son of the Messenger of Allah died. Abu Lahab went to the idolators and said,

`Muhammad has been cut off (i.e., from progeny) tonight.'

So concerning this Allah revealed, "

إِنَّ شَانِيَكَ هُوَ الاٌّبْتَرُ

(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)"

As-Suddi said,

"When the male sons of a man died the people used to say, `He has been cut off.' So, when the sons of the Messenger of Allah died they said, `Muhammad has been cut off.'

Thus, Allah revealed, "

إِنَّ شَانِيَكَ هُوَ الاٌّبْتَرُ

(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)"

So they thought in their ignorance that if his sons died, his remembrance would be cut off.

Allah forbid! To the contrary, Allah preserved his remembrance for all the world to see, and He obligated all the servants to follow his Law. This will continue for all of time until the Day of Gathering and the coming of the Hereafter. May the blessings of Allah and His peace be upon him forever until the Day of Assembling.

This is the end of the Tafsir of Surah Al-Kawthar, and all praise and blessings are due to Allah

Hadith-

Narrated Anas [radhi-yAllahu 'anhu]: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you will have Faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind."

[Sahih Al-Bukhari, 1/15 (O.P.14)]

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"Square tile with holy names in square kufic script , Iran, 15th century CE . Fritware, with decoration in coloured glazes applied in the cuerda seca technique. 19 x 17 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford The tile is inscribed with the names of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad, and his son-in-law and successor Ali in square kufic script." @stephenellcock #kuficscript #ashmoleanmuseum #iranart #persia

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Tomb Tower at Radkan, East: Detail View of Brick Ornamentation and Encircling Band of Arabic Inscription, KuficScript Radkan, Iran, 1925

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Art

Arabic art takes on many forms, though it is jewelry, textiles and architecture that are the most well-known. It is generally split up by different eras, among them being early Arabuc, early medieval, late medievallate, late Arabic, and finally, current Arabic. One thing to remember is that many times a particular style from one era may continue into the next with few changes, while some have a drastic transformation. This may seem like a strange grouping of art mediums, but they are all closely related.

Arabic writing is done from right to left, and was generally written in dark inks, with certain things embellished with special colored inks (red, green, gold). In early Arabic and early Medieval, writing was typically done on parchment made of animal skin. The ink showed up very well on it, and occasionally the parchment was dyed a separate color and brighter ink was used (this was only for special projects). The name given to the form of writing in early times was called Kuficscript.

Arabic miniatures are small paintings on paper, whether book illustrations or separate works of art. Arabic miniature art dates to the late 7th century. Arabs depended on such art not only to satisfy their artistic taste, but also for scientific explanations.

Arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foliate ornament, typically using leaves, derived from stylised half-palmettes, which were combined with spiralling stems". It usually consists of a single design which can be 'tiled' or seamlessly repeated as many times as desired.

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Radkan (Iran): Tomb Tower at Radkan, West: Detail View of Two Encircling Bands of Floral Decoration and Arabic Inscription, KuficScript, 1903