We have given you plenty.
What does Surah al-Kawthar say?
Key findingsEditorial
One finding for each passage this study carries, in the order the study reads them. Each is the reason that passage was signed into the study, in full and unedited - including, where the renderings disagree, the disagreement.
- 01 108:1 Lo! We have given thee Abundance. This is here because it opens the surah with the gift: "al Cawthar" in Sale, "El Kauthar" in Palmer, "an ABUNDANCE" in Rodwell, "Abundance" in Pickthall and "plenty" in Itani. ALSO CARRIED by the study What does the Qur'an say about those who mocked or harmed the Prophet - and what penalty does it not prescribe?, with a different reason there.
- 02 108:2 So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice. This is here because it holds a command to pray and a second command the renderings word differently: "slay the victims" in Sale and Rodwell, "slaughter (victims)" in Palmer, "sacrifice" in Pickthall and Itani. ALSO CARRIED by the studies What does the Qur'an say about animal sacrifice (qurbani) - and what specification does it not give? and What does the Qur'an say about those who mocked or harmed the Prophet - and what penalty does it not prescribe?, with different reasons there.
- 03 108:3 Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity. This is here because it closes the surah with what is said of the one who hates or insults the person addressed, in words the renderings do not all share: "childless" in Sale, Rodwell and Palmer, "without posterity" in Pickthall and "the loser" in Itani. ALSO CARRIED by the study What does the Qur'an say about those who mocked or harmed the Prophet - and what penalty does it not prescribe?, with a different reason there.
In plain wordsEditorial written by the editors, not a translation
Surah al-Kawthar is three verses long: a gift, two commands set after it, and a statement about the one who hates or insults the person the surah speaks to. That person is addressed throughout, as "thee" in Sale, Rodwell, Palmer and Pickthall and as "you" in Itani, and is not named.
At 108:1 the renderings do not give the gift the same name. Sale has "al Cawthar" and Palmer "El Kauthar". Rodwell has "an ABUNDANCE", Pickthall "Abundance" and Itani "plenty". The verse does not say what the abundance or plenty is, and this study does not say either.
At 108:2 the renderings have "Wherefore" in Sale, "therefore" in Rodwell and "So" in Palmer, Pickthall and Itani. What follows is first to pray. The second is worded differently: "slay the victims" in Sale and Rodwell, "slaughter (victims)" in Palmer, where the word in brackets is his own addition, and "sacrifice" in Pickthall and Itani. The verse does not say which victims, or when, or how; the study What does the Qur'an say about animal sacrifice (qurbani) - and what specification does it not give? also carries this verse.
108:3 turns to the one who hates or insults the person addressed - "he who hateth thee" in Sale, "he who hates thee" in Palmer, "thy insulter" in Pickthall - and to what that one is or shall be. Here the renderings use different words: "childless" in Sale, Rodwell and Palmer, "without posterity" in Pickthall and "the loser" in Itani. Pickthall also has "(and not thou)", in brackets that mark the words as his own. The verse does not name that one.
The study What does the Qur'an say about those who mocked or harmed the Prophet - and what penalty does it not prescribe? carries all three verses, with its own reasons.
Scope of this study
This platform shows the verse, its easy-read line, its translations, a plain-words reading, and each verse among its neighbours. It does not supply occasion of revelation, interpretation (tafsir) or history, and it never invents them.
What this study does not answer, and which uncleared source would be needed. It does not identify the gift, the person the surah addresses or the one who hates or insults that person, and it does not say on what occasion the surah was given: this study holds no source whose usage rights can be verified. It does not report how any commentator has read the surah: this study holds no either - the Arabic of , and is public domain by age, but no English edition with verifiable usage rights exists. And it offers no academic-historical reading: this study holds no such scholarship. Each of those is an absence with a named cause, not an omission.
What this rests on
Opens with 108:1, widening across 3 passages in all.
Easy-read
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The versesSource fact 3 passages, each with every cleared translation
3 passages, chosen for this question and signed as part of it. Each carries the reason it is here, and each renders in full: the Arabic, then every cleared translation of that verse under its translator's name.
Each verse opens on the translation that comes first in the site's fixed order, which runs from the newest translation to the oldest. The order is not a preference. Open Compare translations on any verse to read the others.
108:1
Why this passage is in the study finding 01
إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)innaa a'taynaaka l-kawthar
DIN 31635ʾinnā ʾaʿṭaynāka l-kawṯara
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Compare translations (4)
Lo! We have given thee Abundance
Verily, we have given thee El Kauthar
TRULY we have given thee an ABUNDANCE
Verily we have given thee al Cawthar
Sources
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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- Convention
- Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
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Other languages (18)
Me të vërtetë, Ne të dhamë ty të mira të shumta,
হে নবী! নিশ্চয় আমি তোমাকে (নি‘আমতে পরিপূর্ণ) কাউছার (১) দান করেছি।
Mi smo ti, uistinu, Kevser dali,
Mi smo ti, uistinu, Kevser dali,
Min tottiima(weendu )alKawsara.
ჭეშმარიტად, ჩვენ მოგანიჭეთ შენ (ო, მოციქულო) ალ-ქაუსარი[1]
Wahrlich, Wir haben dir ja Al-Kauthar gegeben.
Στ’ αλήθεια, Εμείς σου δώσαμε (ω, Μωχάμμαντ) το Αλ-Κάουθαρ (ένα ποτάμι στον Παράδεισο).
(ऐ नबी!) हमने आपको कौसर प्रदान किया है।[1]
In verità ti abbiamo concesso la Dovizia Eterna;
1. Iš tiesų, Mes suteikėme tau (Muchammedai ﷺ ) Al-Kausar (upę Rojuje),
Nuti dhugumatti, tola guddaa siif kennineerra. [1]
Воистину, Мы даровали тебе аль-Каусар.
Ми смо ти, уистину, дали Кевсер,
Hakika tumekupa Al-Kawthar (heri nyingi).
Vi har förvisso skänkt dig ett överflöd av gott.
Şüphesiz biz sana Kevser'i verdik.
یقیناً ہم نے تجھے (حوض) کوﺛر (اور بہت کچھ) دیا ہے.[1]
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108:1 — the verse above
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)fasalli lirabbika wanhar
DIN 31635faṣalli lirabbika wanḥar
So pray to your Lord and sacrifice.
So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice
So pray to thy Lord and slaughter (victims)
Pray therefore to the Lord, and slay the victims
Wherefore pray unto thy Lord, and slay the victims
إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)inna shaani'aka huwa l-'abtar
DIN 31635ʾinna šāniʾaka huwa l-ʾabtaru
The translators word this verse differently
He who hates you is the loser.
Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity
Verily, he who hates thee shall be childless
Verily whose hateth thee shall be childless
verily he who hateth thee shall be childless
108:2
Why this passage is in the study finding 02
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)fasalli lirabbika wanhar
DIN 31635faṣalli lirabbika wanḥar
So pray to your Lord and sacrifice.
Compare translations (4)
So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice
So pray to thy Lord and slaughter (victims)
Pray therefore to the Lord, and slay the victims
Wherefore pray unto thy Lord, and slay the victims
Sources
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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- Commercial use
- yes
- Modification
- contradictory
- Licence text
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- 24 August 2026
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- 203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
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- Convention
- Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
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Other languages (18)
prandaj falu për Zotin tënd dhe ther kurban!
কাজেই তুমি তোমার রবের উদ্দেশ্যে সালাত আদায় করো এবং কুরবানী করো।
pa klanjaj Gospodaru svome i kurban kolji,
pa klanjaj Gospodaru svome i kurban kolji,
juulan joom ma mboroɗa.
მაშ, ილოცე შენი უფლისთვის და (მისთვის) დაკალი მსხვერპლი!
So bete zu deinem Herrn und schlachte (ein Opfertier).
Γι’ αυτό τέλεσε, λοιπόν, την προσευχή προς τον Κύριό σου (με ειλικρίνεια και αφοσίωση προς Αυτόν και μόνο) και πρόσφερε θυσία (για τους φτωχούς, για Χάρη του Αλλάχ και μόνο).
तो आप अपने पालनहार ही के लिए नमाज़ पढ़ें तथा क़ुर्बानी करें।[2]
Prega il tuo Dio e sacrifica!
2. tad melskis savo Viešpačiui ir atlik aukojimą (Jam Vieninteliam)!
Gooftaa keetiif sagadii isaaf qali. [2]
Так молись же своему Господу и соверши заклание.
зато свога Господара обожавај, и жртвеницу приноси.
Basi swali na uchinje kwa ajili ya Mola wako Mlezi.
Så be till din Herre och frambär ditt offer.
Öyleyse sen de Rabbin için namaz kıl ve kurban kes!
پس تو اپنے رب کے لئے نماز پڑھ اور قربانی کر.[1]
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إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)innaa a'taynaaka l-kawthar
DIN 31635ʾinnā ʾaʿṭaynāka l-kawṯara
We have given you plenty.
Lo! We have given thee Abundance
Verily, we have given thee El Kauthar
TRULY we have given thee an ABUNDANCE
Verily we have given thee al Cawthar
108:2 — the verse above
إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)inna shaani'aka huwa l-'abtar
DIN 31635ʾinna šāniʾaka huwa l-ʾabtaru
The translators word this verse differently
He who hates you is the loser.
Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity
Verily, he who hates thee shall be childless
Verily whose hateth thee shall be childless
verily he who hateth thee shall be childless
108:3
Why this passage is in the study finding 03
إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)inna shaani'aka huwa l-'abtar
DIN 31635ʾinna šāniʾaka huwa l-ʾabtaru
The translators word this verse differently
He who hates you is the loser.
Compare translations (4)
Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity
Verily, he who hates thee shall be childless
Verily whose hateth thee shall be childless
verily he who hateth thee shall be childless
Sources
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Receipts Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
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- Uthmani, Version 1.1
- Custodian
- Tanzil Project
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- canonical text
- Licence
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
- Licence URL
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- Commercial use
- yes
- Modification
- contradictory
- Licence text
- read verbatim
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- cleared
- Retrieved
- 24 August 2026
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- 203f0f1bf3158b1e5be4ab9f8f6870e5…
- Located at
- https://tanzil.net/pub/download/index.php?quranType=uthmani&outType=xml
- Convention
- Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
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Other languages (18)
Pa dyshim, ai që të urren ty është farësosur.
নিশ্চয় তোমার শত্রুই প্রকৃত অর্থে নির্বংশ।(২)
onaj koji tebe mrzi – sigurno će on bez spomena ostati.
onaj koji tebe mrzi – sigurno će on bez spomena ostati.
Tigi ko gañɗo ma o woni taƴiiɗo.
ჭეშმარიტად, შენი მოძულე (ო, მოციქულო) — სწორედ ის არის მოკვეთილი[1].
Derjenige, der dich hasst, - er ist fürwahr vom Guten abgetrennt.
Πράγματι, εκείνος που σε μισεί είναι ο αποκομμένος (από την ευημερία και από κάθε καλό σ' αυτόν τον κόσμο και στη Μέλλουσα Ζωή), [αναφέρεται σε έναν άνδρα που μίλησε για τον Προφήτη χλευάζοντας ότι ο Προφήτης είναι άκληρος από γιους, και το όνομά του δεν θα συνεχιστεί μετά από το θάνατό του, αλλά ο Αλλάχ του απάντησε ότι αυτός είναι ο αποκομμένος και όχι ο Προφήτης]!
निःसंदेह आपका शत्रु ही बे नाम व निशान है।[3]
In verità, chi ti disprezza, è lui ad essere senza eredi!
3. Iš tiesų, tavo (Muchammedai ﷺ ) priešas yra atskirtas (nuo visko gero šiame pasaulyje ir sekančiame).
Dhugumatti kan si jibbu isuma kan qaccee (shanyiin) cite (kheyrii hunda irraa cite).
Воистину, твой ненавистник — он сам окажется без потомства.
Онај који тебе Мухаммеде мрзи - сигурно ће он без спомена остати.
Hakika anayekuchukia ndiye aliye mpungufu mno.
Det är sannerligen han som avskyr dig som är avskuren [från allt gott].
Şüphesiz asıl sana kin besleyenin soyu kesiktir.
یقیناً تیرا دشمن ہی ﻻوارث اور بے نام ونشان ہے.[1]
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إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)innaa a'taynaaka l-kawthar
DIN 31635ʾinnā ʾaʿṭaynāka l-kawṯara
We have given you plenty.
Lo! We have given thee Abundance
Verily, we have given thee El Kauthar
TRULY we have given thee an ABUNDANCE
Verily we have given thee al Cawthar
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)fasalli lirabbika wanhar
DIN 31635faṣalli lirabbika wanḥar
So pray to your Lord and sacrifice.
So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice
So pray to thy Lord and slaughter (victims)
Pray therefore to the Lord, and slay the victims
Wherefore pray unto thy Lord, and slay the victims
108:3 — the verse above
What this study rests on, and what it refusessigned with it4 of the 5 paragraphs signed with this study; the paragraph naming what it does not answer is at the top of the page
The selection above and this account of it are part of what was signed. Where the renderings disagree it says so; where the question runs past what has cleared the rights audit it says that too.
Read across five translations - the four public-domain renderings of Sale 1734, Rodwell 1861, Palmer 1880 and Pickthall 1930, and Itani 2012 - of 108:1-3, in full, and nothing else. This study consults no , no , no occasion of revelation and no biography, because none is yet available in an edition whose usage rights can be verified.
How this set was arrived at. This is a study of one surah, so it carries every verse of it: all three verses of Surah al-Kawthar, each as its own passage with its own reason. No verse of the surah is left out, so none is recorded as not carried.
Verses carried by more than one study. Some passages here also serve another study. Each carries its own reason in each place, and the reason states where else it appears.
Where the renderings part company, named rather than resolved. How differently the translations word each verse is shown on that verse's page, and the study names the differences it turns on rather than choosing between them.
Sources & method
Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Translations George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Translations John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
Editorial status
- Editorial status
- Editorially prepared · not independently reviewed — signed by the AALAMIN Editor; no external scholarly review
- Theme
- Review status
- Published
- 16 September 2026
- Updated
- 17 September 2026
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