إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ ١
innā aʿṭaynāka l-kawthara
1. Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muḥammad], al-Kawthar.
Surah Al-Kawthar transliteration
سورة الكوثر
Here is Surah Al-Kawthar (“The Abundance”) in transliteration: each of its 3 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ ٢
faṣalli lirabbika wa-in'ḥar
2. So pray to your Lord and offer sacrifice [to Him alone].
إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ ٣
inna shāni-aka huwa l-abtaru
3. Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.2002
Notes
[2002] From all good in this world and the Hereafter.
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