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Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Ayah 57

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فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَQur’an Al-Anfal (8:57)

Faimma tathqafannahum fee alharbi fasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroona

if thou find them at war [with you], make of them a fearsome example for those who follow them,⁶⁰ so that they might take it to heart;

- Mohammad Asad

If you encounter them in combat, make them a fearsome example for others who would follow them so that they all may learn a lesson.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

If you ever encounter them in battle, make a fearsome example of them, so perhaps those who would follow them may be deterred.

- Mustafa Khattab

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

If ye gain the mastery over them in war disperse with them those who follow them that they may remember.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali