Download PDF: S108 V002 Tafseer of Ahlus Sunnah تفسیر اھل السنۃ
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّکَ وَ انْحَرْ ؕ﴿۲﴾
Therefore, pray to your Lord, and offer sacrifice.
Tafsir al-Tabari تفسیر الطبری
اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ التَّأْوِيلِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَهَا بِهَذَا الْخَطَّابِ، وَمَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ: {وَانْحَرْ} [الكوثر: 2] فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: حَضَّهُ عَلَى الْمُوَاظَبَةِ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ، وَعَلَى الْحِفْظِ عَلَيْهَا فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا
The exegetists have said about Salah in the command of Allah to His Prophet – may Allah send peace and blessings upon him, that he should pray Salah.
As far as the interpretation of the command “and offer sacrifice”, is concerned, some have said, “It refers to being constant on Fard Salah and to preserve its punctuality at its times.”
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْحَرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ، فَأُمِرَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ ثُمَّ يَنْحَرَ»
Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik – may Allah be pleased with him – is reported to have said: The Holy Prophet – may Allah send peace and blessings upon him – used to offer sacrifice (Qurbani) before (Eid al-Adha) Salah, so Allah Almighty commanded him pray the Salah first and then slaughter the Qurbani.
عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ: «فَصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ، وَانْحَرِ النُّسُكَ»
Sayyiduna ‘Ikramah – may Allah be pleased with him – interpreted it as: Therefore pray the Salah and offer Qurbani.
عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: {إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ} [الكوثر: 2] يَقُولُ: إِنَّ نَاسًا كَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ، وَيَنْحَرُونَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ، فَإِذَا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَلَا تَكُنْ صَلَاتُكَ وَنَحْرُكَ إِلَّا لِي
Sayyiduna Muhammad ibn Ka’b al-Qurazi – may Allah be pleased with him – used to say about this verse: There were a people who prayed to others than Allah and offered sacrifices to others than Allah (so the interpretation would be) i.e. So when We (Allah) have bestowed upon you abundance of good then, O Muhammad, pray your Salah only to Me and offer sacrifice for My sake alone.
عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ، يَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ: {فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ} [الكوثر: 2] يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: انْحَرْ وَارْجِعْ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَخَطَبَ خُطْبَةَ الْفِطْرِ وَالنَّحْرِ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى الْبُدْنِ فَنَحَرَهَا
Sayyiduna Sa’eed ibn Jubair – may Allah be pleased with him – is reported to have commented: This verse was revealed on the Day of Hudaibiyah. Sayyiduna Jibreel – peace be upon him – came to the Holy Prophet – may Allah send peace and blessings upon him – and said, “Offer sacrifice and go back.” So the Holy Prophet – may Allah send peace and blessings upon him – stood and delivered the sermon of Fitr and Qurbani, then prayed two Rak’ats Salah and then return to the Qurbani animal and slaughtered it.
Tafsir Al-Tabari (Tafsir Ibn Jareer / Jame’ al-Bayaan fi Taweel al-Quraan) of Imam Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Jareer al-Tabri t D. 310 A.H.
Tafsir al-Nasafi تفسیر النسفی
{فَصَلّ لِرَبّكَ} فاعبد ربك الذي أعزك بإعطائه وشرفك وصانك من منن الخلق مراغماً لقومك الذين يعبدون غير الله {وانحر} لوجهه وباسمه إذا نحرت مخالفاً لعبدة الأوثان في النحر لها
Worship the Lord who has exalted you by bestowing the honour upon you, saved you from anyone’s favours, disgraced your nation that worship others than Allah. “And offer sacrifice” i.e. for the sake of Allah and in His Name, to oppose the idol-worshippers and their deeds of sacrificing for the idols.
Tafsir al-Nasafi (Madarik al-Tanzeel) of Imam Abul Barakaat Abdullah ibn Ahmed al-Nasafi t D. 710 A.H.
Tafsir al-Jalalain تفسیر الجلالین
{فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّك} صَلَاة عِيد النَّحْر {وَانْحَرْ} نُسُكك
i.e. pray to your Lord the Salah of Eid al-Adha and offer your Qurbani (to him).
Tafsir al-Jalalain of Imam Jalaaluddin Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli al-Shafe’i t D. 864 A.H. and Imam Jalaaluddin Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Suyooti al-Shafe’i t D. 911 A.H.
Tafsir Rooh al-Bayaan تفسیر روح البیان
الصلاة لربك الذي أفاض عليك هذه النعمة الجليلة التي لا تضاهيها نعمة خالصا لوجهه ۔۔۔فيها أداء لحقوق شكرها فان الصلاة جامعة لجميع اقسام الشكر وهى ثلاثة الشكر بالقلب وهو أن يعلم ان تلك النعم منه لا من عيره والشكر باللسان وهو أن بمدح المنعم ويثنى عليه والشكر بالجوارح وهو ان يخدمه ويتواضع له والصلاة جامعة لهذه الاقسام وانحر البدن التي هى خيار اموال العرب بأسمه تعالى
وتصدق على المحاويج خلافا لمن يدعهم وبمنع منهم الماعون فالسورة كالمقابلة للسورة المتقدمة
i.e. pray Salah for your Lord, purely for his sake, who has bestowed upon you great bounties that nothing can be compared to it. It will be a form of gratitude to Him, for the Salah encompasses all forms of gratitude:
- a) Being grateful in one’s heart i.e. acknowledging in the heart that all the bounties are from Allah alone and no one else.
- b) Being grateful verbally i.e. to praise Allah Almighty, the Provider, upon it.
- c) Being grateful physically i.e. to show appreciation with the humility of limbs in His Court (through Salah).
Salah encompasses all.
“And offer sacrifice” i.e. sacrifice the assets, that are the primary means to the Arabs, in the name of Allah Almighty and give it to the needy as charity, opposing the ones who chase them away, as described in Surah Al-Ma’oon, so this Surah is contradicts the practices of the polytheists as mentioned in the previous Surah.
Tafsir Rooh al-Bayaan of Imam Isma’eel Haqqi ibn Mustafa al-Istanbuli Hanafi t D. 1127 A.H.
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