“We have given you Kawthar… Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity.” (Holy Quran 109:1,3)
God the Almighty revealed the above verses when ‘Amr ibn ‘Aas and Hakam ibn ‘Aas – two of the meanest polytheists of Mecca – mocked Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) following the death of his infant son Taher. They called him abtar which means one who has ceased to have children, since earlier also, two of the Prophet’s sons named Qassim and Tayyeb had died in infancy. For the ignorant minds, it seemed the end of the line for Muhammad (S.A.W.) and his noble wife Khadija (A.S.).