Surah Al-Anfal — Verse 57
The Spoils of War · 8:57 · 57/75
فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
Fa-imma tathqafannahum fee alharbifasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroon
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
So if you, [O Muḥammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
If you meet them in battle, make a fearsome example of them to those who come after them, so that they may take heed.
Marmaduke Pickthall
If thou comest on them in the war, deal with them so as to strike fear in those who are behind them, that haply they may remember.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
So, if you find them in war, deal with them in a way that those behind them have to disperse fearfully, so that they take a lesson.
Al-Hilali & Khan
So if you gain the mastery over them in war, punish them severely in order to disperse those who are behind them, so that they may learn a lesson.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
So if you meet them in war, make of them a fearsome example for those who follow them that they may he admonished.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
if thou find them at war [with you], make of them a fearsome example for those who follow them, so that they might take it to heart;
Rowwad · source edition
If you encounter them in battle, make a fearsome example of them[33] for those who are behind them, so that they may be deterred.
Notes
[33] i.e., Treat the treacherous who betray their pledges with due severity.
Noor International · source edition
(57) So if you, [O Muḥammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.[454]
Notes
[454]- i.e., kill them and make an example of them to discourage those who follow them.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
57. So if you gain the mastery over them in war, punish them severely in order to disperse those who are behind them, so that they may learn a lesson.