108:1. Verily We have granted you [O Muhammad] abundance,

108:2. so pray to your Lord and offer your sacrifice to Him alone.

108:3. Verily it is the one who hates you who is cut off [from all goodness].

Here Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says to His Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), reminding him of His favours to him: ﴾Verily We have granted you [O Muhammad] abundance [al-kawthar]$ that is, much goodness and great favours, among which is what Allah will grant to His Prophet on the Day of Resurrection of the river which is called al-Kawthar.

He will also grant him the Cistern (al-hawd), the length of which is a month’s journey, as is its width; its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, and its vessels are like the stars of the skyin their number and brightness. Whoever takes one sip from it will never ever thirst again.

Having mentioned His favours to him, He commands him to give thanks for them, as He says:

﴾so pray to your Lord and offer your sacrifice to Him alone﴿ these two acts of worship are singled out for mention, because they are among the best and greatest acts of worship that bring one closer to Allah. In prayer one feels humility before Allah and shows it physically, for prayer demonstrates submission and servitude to Him.

In the case of sacrifice, one draws closer to Allah with the best quality of sacrificial animals that one possesses, giving wealth that one has a natural inclination to love and want to keep to oneself.

﴾Verily it is the one who hates you’p that is, the one who despises you, criticises you and shows disrespect towards you ﴾who is cut off [from all goodnessjb for his deeds will cease and no one will remember him.

As for Muhammad he is the one who is perfect in the true sense of the word, who is to attain all that is possible of perfection in the case of a created being, such as high renown and large number of supporters and followers.

This is the end of the commentary on Soorat al-Kawthar.

\ll praise and thanks are lor Allah, and may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). his family, and his Companions abundantly until the Day of Judgement.