Al-Anfaal 8:57
The Spoils of War · ayah 57 of 75
فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
Fa-imma tathqafannahum fee alharbifasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroon
"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."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"If you meet them in battle, make a fearsome example of them to those who come after them, so that they may take heed."
Pickthall (classic)+
"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."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember."