Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِالنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالَ " أَتَيْتُ عَلَى نَهَرٍ حَافَتَاهُ قِبَابُ اللُّؤْلُؤِ مُجَوَّفًا فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ هَذَا الْكَوْثَرُ ".
English translation
Narrated Anas:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) was made to ascend to the Heavens, he said (after his return), "I came upon a river
the banks of which were made of tents of hollow pearls. I asked Gabriel. What is this (river?) He replied, 'This is the Kauthar.'
حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْكَاهِلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهَا عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ} قَالَتْ نَهَرٌ أُعْطِيَهُ نَبِيُّكُمْ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَاطِئَاهُ عَلَيْهِ دُرٌّ مُجَوَّفٌ آنِيَتُهُ كَعَدَدِ النُّجُومِ. رَوَ…
Narrated Abu Ubaida:
I asked `Aisha 'regarding the verse:--'Verily we have granted you the Kauthar.' She replied, "The
Kauthar is a river which has been given to your Prophet on the banks of which there are (tents of)
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Narrated Abu Bishr:
Sa`id bin Jubair said that Ibn `Abbas said about Al-Kauthar. "That is the good which Allah has
bestowed upon His Apostle." I said to Sa`id bin Jubair. "But the people claim that it is a river in
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