Sūrat al-Kawthar, Episode 1.4

Quran for All Seasons

May 5, 202000:17:48Religion & Spirituality

This episode discusses the shortest sūra of the Quran, al-Kawthar, contrasting it to the previous sūra, Sūrat al-Māʿūn, and examining the fundamental difference between kawthar , abundance from God, and takāthur , vying...

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