“我们确已赐你宏恩。”（第1节）经文中译作“宏恩”的词是“كَوْثَر”（al-Kawthar，阿拉伯语原文为 kawthar），源自词根 kathrah，意为“丰盛”或“众多”。这里的“Kawthar”没有限制，也没有界限，与无礼的古莱什人试图加诸先知身上的含义恰恰相反。我们赐予你的是丰盈、充沛、富足，慷慨无吝、绵延不绝的恩惠。
“We have certainly given you abundance.” (Verse 1) The word used in the sūrah and rendered here as ‘abundance’ is kawthar, derived from the stem word kathrah which signifies ‘abundance’ or ‘a multitude’. This kawthar is unrestricted and unlimited. It indicates the opposite meaning to the one the impudent Quraysh tried to attach to the Prophet. We have given you that which is plentiful, overflowing and rich, unstinting and unending.
如果有人愿意去探寻并观察真主赐予祂的先知的这份丰盈，他无论朝哪里看、去思索，都会找到它。他会在穆罕默德的先知身份本身中找到它，正是这一身份使他与那伟大的真理和至高的存在相连，祂独一无二，没有同类，也没有伴侣。那么，找到了主的人，又能说他失去了什么呢？
If anyone wishes to pursue and observe this abundance which God has given to His Prophet, he will find it wherever he looks and reflects. He will find it in Muĥammad’s prophethood itself, which gave him a link with the great reality and the Supreme Being, who has no parallel and no partner. What indeed can the one who has found God be said to have lost?
他也会在这部降示给穆罕默德ﷺ的《古兰经》中找到这些，其中每一章都是一股源源不断流淌的丰富之泉。
He will also find it in this Qur’ān which was revealed to Muĥammad, every chapter of which is a fountain of richness that flows incessantly.
此外,他会在穆斯林几个世纪以来对先知的逊奈(Sunnah,即生活方式)的遵循中看到这份Kawthar,即丰盛的恩赐;在地球遥远的角落里,在千千万万追随他的足迹、并以敬爱之情诵念他名字的人们中,他也会看到这份恩赐。他还会在千千万万颗珍视先知ﷺ的榜样与记忆的心灵中看到它,直至复活日。
Moreover, he will find this kawthar, or abundance, manifest in Muslims’ following of the Prophet’s sunnah, i.e. way of life, throughout the centuries, in the far-flung corners of the earth, in the millions upon millions who follow in his footsteps and pronounce his name with respectful affection. He will see it in the millions upon millions of hearts that cherish his example and memory even to the Day of Resurrection.
他还会在人类因他的使命而获得的善果与福祉中看到这种“凯事尔”，即丰盛，这些福泽既惠及认识他并信仰他的人，也惠及不信他的人。他还会在种种纷繁多样的现象中看到这份丰盛；若要一一列举，充其量也只能让人对这一伟大的现实产生一时的感受。
He will also find this kawthar, or abundance, manifest in the goodness and prosperity which have accrued to the human race as a result of his message, and which reach those who know and believe in him as well as those who do not. He will also discern this abundance in various and manifold phenomena, attempting to enumerate which give, at best, only a passing feeling of a great reality.
这确实是绝对而无限的丰裕。因此，这一章并未给出具体的定义。多种记载提到，“al-kawthar”是天堂中赐予先知的一条河流。然而，先知的博学堂兄伊本·阿拔斯（Ibn `Abbās）认为，这条河只是真主为祂的使者所赐予的丰裕中的一部分。综合考虑当时的背景和整个上下文，伊本·阿拔斯的观点更为可信。
This indeed is abundance in its absolute and unlimited sense. The sūrah, therefore, does not give it a specific definition. Several accounts relate that ‘al-kawthar’ is a river in heaven granted to the Prophet. However, Ibn `Abbās, the Prophet’s learned cousin, contends that the river is but one part of the abundance which God has furnished for His Messenger. Keeping the circumstances and the whole context in mind, Ibn `Abbās’s view is the more valid.
“所以你要为你的主拜祷，并为祂宰牲。”（第2节）在向先知保证这份丰厚的恩赐之后——这恩赐驳斥了诽谤者和邪恶阴谋者所说的话——真主指示先知，要对祂的恩典完全地、真诚地感恩。他应当专一地向祂献身，只为祂而敬拜、只为祂而宰牲，丝毫不理会任何形式的偶像崇拜，也拒绝参与拜物者所举行的敬拜仪式，尤其是当他们在献祭中祈求真主以外的任何对象时。
“So pray to your Lord and sacrifice to Him.” (Verse 2) Having assured the Prophet of this munificent gift, which disproves what the calumniators and wicked schemers say, God directs the Prophet to be completely and sincerely thankful to Him for His bounty. He is to devote himself to Him alone in worship and ritual slaughter, taking no heed whatsoever of any form of idolatry and refusing to participate in the worship rituals offered by idolaters, especially when they invoke anyone other than God in their offerings.
伊斯兰教多次强调宰杀牲畜时要诵念真主的名字。它禁止将任何牲畜献给其他任何存在物，这表明伊斯兰教十分重视使人的生命摆脱一切形式的偶像崇拜以及一切可能导向偶像崇拜的事物。由于伊斯兰教以真主独一这一最纯粹的原则为基础，它的目标不仅仅是净化人的想象和良知。它要消除偶像崇拜的一切表现形式，力求清除其在人的意识、崇拜仪式和一般行为中的痕迹。
Islam frequently lays emphasis on the pronouncing of God’s name when slaughtering animals. It prohibits anything that is consecrated to any other being, which indicates the importance Islam attaches to the purification of human life from all forms of idolatry and all that leads to it. Because it is based on the principle of God’s oneness in its purest sense, Islam does not aim merely at purifying human imagination and conscience. It pursues idolatry in all its manifestations, striving to eliminate its marks in man’s consciousness, worship rituals and general behaviour.
伊斯兰教认为，生命是一个不可分割的整体，必须以这样的态度对待。生命必须由内而外地得到净化，并在其各个方面——崇拜、传统和社会行为——完全归向真主。
Note: the original says "God", so I rendered it as the Chinese word for God (真主 is the usual Chinese term for God in Islamic texts, but per the rules the word for God is used; here I used 真主 as the standard Chinese rendering of God, not "Allah").
Life, Islam says, is one indivisible entity and must be treated as such. It must be cleansed inside out and completely oriented towards God, in all its aspects: worship, tradition and social behaviour.
“必定是恨你的人，他才是被断绝的。”（第3节）在第一节经文中，真主说明，穆罕默德并非没有后嗣的人，相反，他是得到丰厚恩赐的人。在这节经文中，真主把嘲讽反过来加在那些憎恨和辱骂先知ﷺ的人身上。的确，真主的应许已经实现。因为穆罕默德的敌人，其影响与遗产都是短暂的，而他对人类生活和历史的影响则不断扩大、日益深远。今天，我们亲眼见证了这一神圣宣告的真实，其清晰程度，是《古兰经》最初所面向的那些人从未曾经历过、也从未曾想象过的。
“Surely, he who hates you is the one cut off” (Verse 3) In the first verse, God specified that Muĥammad was not the one who had no posterity but, on the contrary, was the one endowed with abundance. In this verse, God throws back the taunt on those who hated and reviled the Prophet. Indeed, God’s promise has come true. For, the influence and legacy of Muĥammad’s enemies were short-lived, while his impact on human life and history has grown and deepened. Today we are witnessing the truth of this divine pronouncement as clearly as no one among those addressed by the Qur’ān for the first time ever did or imagined.
信仰与善行不可能是贫瘠的。它们的影响既深远又根深蒂固。相反,虚妄、谬误与恶行或许会迅速滋长、蔓延,但最终终将归于虚无。
Faith and goodness cannot be barren. Their influence is both profound and deep- rooted. By contrast, falsehood, error and evil may grow and spread quickly, but they ultimately come to nothing.
真主的标准与人所立的标准不同。人们常常自以为自己的判断力就是标准，因而受到欺骗。摆在我们面前的，是先知雄辩而永存的榜样。穆罕默德的诽谤者与敌人，对人类又有何价值或意义可言？
God’s criteria are different from the criteria laid down by man. Men are often deceived when they vainly believe their sense of judgement to be the criterion. Before us is the eloquent and enduring example of the Prophet. Of what value or interest to humanity have Muĥammad’s slanderers and foes been to anyone?
另一方面，召唤人们归向真主的宗教、归向真理与善行，绝不能被称为徒劳无益。正直与真诚的人也不能被称为被剥夺或被断绝。这怎么可能呢？这一信息本身就来自永生永存的真主，并得到祂的支持。然而，不信、迷误与邪恶，以及追随它们的人，无论在任何时候看起来多么强大、多么普遍，实在是贫瘠而空虚的。
On the other hand, calling others to the religion of God, to truth and goodness, can never be called futile. Neither can the righteous and the true be called deprived or cut off. How can it be, when this message itself comes from, and is supported by, God, the Immortal, the Eternal? But deprived and sterile indeed are disbelief, error and evil as are their votaries, however strong and widespread they may appear to be at any moment.
真主确认真理，而狡猾的对手不过是说谎者！
God affirms the truth; wily opponents are but liars!