إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ ١
Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muḥammad], al-Kawthar.
كَوْثَر
Kawthar: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Kawthar
In the QuranSurah name“Abundance”; al-Kawthar, the river of Paradise granted to the Prophet ﷺ
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-Kawthar 108:1.
Kawthar in Islam
Surah 108, the shortest in the Quran, opens thus: “We have indeed given you al-Kawthar” (108:1). Anas relates that the Prophet ﷺ recited it and said: “It is a river my Lord has promised me” (Muslim 400); during the ascension he saw a river lined with domes of hollow pearls, and Jibril told him: “This is al-Kawthar” (al-Bukhari 4964).
Meaning of the name Kawthar
Kawthar is an intensive form of the root k-th-r of abundance (kathir, “many”): it means very abundant good. Al-Kawthar is the name of the river of Paradise given to the Prophet ﷺ, which feeds his Pool (al-hawd) on the Last Day. A very common feminine name in the Maghreb (Kaoutar), Kevser in Turkey, Kausar in Pakistan, where it is also masculine.
- In Arabic
- كَوْثَر كوثر
- Transliteration
- Kawthar
- Root
- ك ث ر · 167 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Kawthar in the Quran?
Yes: the word Kawthar appears in the Quran once, in one surah.
All the words of the root ك ث ر in the Quran (167 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Authentic
Sahih Muslim 400a
One day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting amongst us that he dozed off. He then raised his head smilingly. We said: What makes you smile. Messenger of Allah? He said: A Sura has just been revealed to me, and then recited: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Verily We have…
أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَىَّ آنِفًا سُورَةٌ " . فَقَرَأَ " بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ { إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ * فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ * إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الأَبْتَرُ} " . ثُمَّ قَالَ…
Authentic
Sahih al-Bukhari 4964
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.'
أَتَيْتُ عَلَى نَهَرٍ حَافَتَاهُ قِبَابُ اللُّؤْلُؤِ مُجَوَّفًا فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ هَذَا الْكَوْثَرُ "
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Kawthar in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Kawthar in each language
- French
- Kaoutar, Kaouthar, Kawtar, Kawthar
- English
- Kawthar, Kausar, Kauthar, Kosar
- Spanish
- Kawthar, Kauthar
- Turkish
- Kevser
- Arabic
- كَوْثَر