Anas bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: A surah has just been revealed to me. He then recited: ”In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Lo! We have given thee Abundance”until he finished it. Then he asked: Do you know what Abundance (al-Kawthar) is? They replied: Allah and His Messenger know it better. He said: It is a river of which my Lord, the Exalted, the Majestic has promised me to give in Paradise.

Anas bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم dozed for a short while and raised his smiling. He either said to them (people) or they said to him: Messenger of Allah! Why did you laugh? He said: A surah has been revealed to me just now, and then he recited:“In the name of Allah, Most Gracious. Most Merciful. To thee We have granted the fount (of abundance)”up to the end. When he recited, he asked: Do you know what al-kauthar is? They replied: Allah and his Messenger know best. He said: It is a river which my Lord, the Exalted, has promised me (to grant) in Paradise: there is abundance of good and upon it there is a pond which my people will approach on the Day of Resurrection. There are vessels as numerous as stars (in the sky).

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: When the Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was lifted to the heavens (for travelling) in Paradise, or as he said, a river whose banks were of transparent or hollowed pearls was presented to him. The angel who was with him struck it with his hand and took out musk. Muhammad صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then asked the angel who was with him: What is this? He replied: It is al-Kawthar which Allah has given you.