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Suratun Kawther
(Abundant Good)
Surah no.108

Quick Facts About Suratul Kowthar

Suratul-Kowthar was revealed in Makkah.

Suratul-Kowthar is the shortest surah in the Quraan!
Suratul-Kowthar is about a river in Jannah named Al-Kowthar.
This river is just for Rasulullah and the Muslims.
Rasulullah saw Al-Kowthar when he went on the Israa Wal-Miraaj(The Night Journey).
Did you know that whoever drinks from Al- Kowthar will never feel thirsty again, EVER!
What is the Israa and meraj?
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Whom did the prophet meet on each of the seven heavens.

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What is Suratul-Kowthar all about?

Suratul-Kowthar is all about how Allah has given Rasulullah so many good things,
including a wonderful river in Jannah!
Special things about Surah Al Kawthar
The first thing that is so special about Suratul-Kowthar is
It is the shortest surah in the Quraan!
Suratul-Kowthar is so small that it only has three ayaat (verses).
And those ayaat are so small that there are only eleven words altogether in the whole surah!
Good things do come in small packages!
The second thing that is so specialabout Suratul-Kowthar is
It tells us about Rasulullahs river in Jannah. This river is for Rasulullah and the Muslims
who followed what he told them to do.
This river is not for the disbelievers. This river is not for Muslims who disobeyed Rasulullah.
You know, there will be some Muslims who will want to come to drink from the river on
the day of judgment but they will be turned away.
They will be turned away because they made changes to Islaam after Rasulullah was gone.
This river is only for Rasulullah and the good believers who followed him, no one else!

What does Bida mean?

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Al-Kowthar is a river much nicer than any river you have ever seen before .
We cannot even imagine how beautiful it will be!
A sad story with a happy ending!
Many of the ayaat (verses) in the Quraan have a story behind them that tells why
they were revealed. These stories are calledAsbaab An-Noozool
The story behind the revelation of
Suratul-Kowthar is very sad but it has a happy ending!

The sad part

Some of the disbelieving men in Makkah hated Islaam and hated Rasulullah, too.
They did not want anything good to happen to him. They were only happy whensomething
difficult or sad happened to Rasulullah. They also thought they were better than Rasulullah.
They thought that because they had many sons and a lot of money that Allah loved them
and not Rasulullah.
Does having money and children mean Allah loves us?
Can you think of some people mentioned in the Qur'aan who had a lot of wealth,
but Allah did not love them at all?
Here's a hint: Two powerful Egyptians.
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Can you think of some people mentioned in the Qur'aan who did not
have wealth or many children that Allah loved very much?
Here's a hint: Two prophets.
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You see Rasulullah was not very wealthy, and although he had children, this surah was
revealed after the death of his infant son Abdullah, who was his only son at that time.
In Makkah, if a man had no sons the other men would make fun of him by saying he was
ab-tar (i.e. cut-off, without male children).
The other men in Makkah should have felt sad that Rasulullahs son had died, but instead
they were happy. The men were happy at Rasulullah's loss because they hoped that the death
of his son meant the death of Islaam, too. (i.e. no one to remember Rasulullah or to keep
teaching his message after his death.)
Allah did not like what the men were saying
The happy part!
So Allah decided to show those men how much he loved Rasulullah and how they were the
ones who were really ab-tar.
This is how it happened
One day Rasulullah was sleeping and he woke up smiling. The Sahaaba (i.e. his friends) asked
why he was so happy, and he told them about the new surah Allah had sent to him.
The surah was called Al-Kowthar, and in it Allah told Rasulullah about a wonderful river that
was just for him.
Allah had given this river to Rasulullah because Rasulullah was good, and Allah loved him.

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Allah wanted to show the disbelievers that Rasulullah was not cut-off just because his sons
had died.
Rasulullah would be remembered and loved long after those disbelievers were dead and
forgotten! They only had their children to remember them, but Allah remembered
Rasulullah, and Allah would make sure he was never forgotten!

Al-Kowthar means abundant good. it the name of Rasulullahs river and

The Quraysh had said that Rasulullah had nothing good now that his sons were gone, but
Allah said Rasulullah has a lot of good, more good than any of them
What started out as a sad story turned to a happy one, just because of one little surah
Al-Kowthar!
Now lets learn what Suratul-Kowthar says
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First We say the Isti'aadhah

I seek refuge with Allah from the cursed Shaytaan.

(A-oo-thoo-bil-laa-he-me-nash-shay-taa-nir-ra-jeem)

We start reading Quraan by askingAllah to protect us from Shaytaan and...

Secondly ,We say the Basmallah
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
(Bis-mil-laa-hir-rah-maa-nir-ra-heem)
We remember Allah and say how great He is
for giving us so many wonderful blessings!

Allah tells Rasulullah

Indeed we have granted you (O, Muhammed )Al-Kowthar!
Rasulullah told the Sahaaba that Al-Kowthar is a river that Allah has given to him.
Al-Kowthar is very beautiful. Here are some of the things we know about it
Allah loved Rasulullah so much that he gave him Al-Kowthar as a gift in Jannah
Allah told Rasulullah about Al-Kowthar in Suratul-Kowthar.
Allah also told Rasulullah something
else in Suratul-Kowthar
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2Allah told Rasulullah So pray to your Lord and sacrifice [to Him alone].
(i.e. slaughter animals for food or for Eid Al-Adha) in the name of Allah to show how
thankful he was for all the good things Allah had given him. You see we can never thank
Allah enough for all of the blessings He has given to us.
The only way to show Allah how grateful we are is to do the things Allah has told us to do,
like making our prayers on time and remembering Allah in everything that we do!
Suratul-Kowthar is a very small surah, but it has A LOT of
information in it. Allah told Rasulullah about his river
Allah told Rasulullah how to be thankful for all of his blessings
Next Allah says in Suratul-Kowthar. But This message was about the men of Makkah
who had said mean things about Rasulullah.They had said that Rasulullah was ab-tar
cut-off..
So Allah told them

3.Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off .! Those men are not remembered for anything now, but
Rasulullah is remembered by Muslims all over the world for how good he was.
Rasulullah was not ab-tar, but those men were.
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What is Suratul-Kowthar all about?

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So what lessons can we learn from Suratul-Kowthar?
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Why did the men of Makkah think Allah loved them and not Rasulullah?
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What else did Allah tell Rasulullah in Suratul-Kowthar?
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What does ab- tar mean? And why did the people call Rasool that?
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