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Al-Anfal 57

Ayah 57 of 75 · Medinan

فَإِمَّا تَثۡقَفَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَرۡبِ فَشَرِّدۡ بِهِم مَّنۡ خَلۡفَهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ٥٧

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.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., kill them and make an example of them to discourage those who follow them.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَإِمَّاSo iffa-immā
  2. تَثۡقَفَنَّهُمۡyou gain dominance over themtathqafannahum
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلۡحَرۡبِthe warl-ḥarbi
  5. فَشَرِّدۡdispersefasharrid
  6. بِهِمby thembihim
  7. مَّنۡ(those) whoman
  8. خَلۡفَهُمۡ(are) behind themkhalfahum
  9. لَعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
  10. يَذَّكَّرُونَtake heedyadhakkarūna

Tafsir

If you, O Messenger, face in battle these people who break their pledges, then make a harsh example of them so that others hear about it, take a lesson from that and become afraid of fighting you and supporting your enemies against you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran