الْاَنْفَالِ

Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 57

The Spoils of War · Medinan · 75 ayahs

8:57

فَاِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِی الْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِمْ مَنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَذَّكَّرُونَ

Faimma tathqafannahum fee alharbi fasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroona

Translations

So if you, [O Muhammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded

Saheeh International

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

Marmaduke Pickthall