Surat al-Kawthar (
Arabic: سورة الكوثر ) ("Abundance") is the
108th sura of the
Qur'an, and the shortest. There are several differing reports as to the circumstances under which it was revealed. According to
Ibn Ishaq, it was revealed in
Makka, some time before the
Isra and Miraj, when
A'as ibn Wa'il as-Sahmi said of
Muhammad that he was "a man who is cut off and is of no consequence, and if he were killed, he would be forgotten"; others report that it was revealed in regard to
Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (according to al-Bazzar), or (according to Ataa)
Abu Lahab when he said, after
Muhammad's son died, that Muhammad would be forgotten since he had no sons, or (according to
Anas ibn Malik) that it was revealed while he was dozing among his
companions and he smiled.
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