Al-Anfal 8:57

إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

8:55 — Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are those who have disbelieved, and they will not [ever] believe -

ٱلَّذِينَ عَـٰهَدتَّ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَهُمْ فِى كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَتَّقُونَ

8:56 — The ones with whom you made a treaty but then they break their pledge every time, and they do not fear Allah.

فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

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Ahmed Ali

If you meet them in battle, inflict on them such a defeat as would be a lesson for those who come after them, and that they may be warned.

Ahmed Raza Khan

So if you find them in battle, kill them in a manner which makes those behind them scamper back, in the hope that they may learn a lesson.

Arberry

So, if thou comest upon them anywhere in the war, deal with them in such wise as to scatter the ones behind them; haply they will remember.

Daryabadi

Wherefore if thou over-takest them in war, disperse thou through them those behind them, that haply they may be admonished.

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.

Itani

If you confront them in battle, make of them a fearsome example for those who follow them, that they may take heed.

Maududi

So if you meet them in war, make of them a fearsome example for those who follow them that they may he admonished.

Mubarakpuri

So if you gain the mastery over them in war, then disperse those who are behind them, so that they may learn a lesson.

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.

Qarai

So if you confront them in battle, treat them [in such a wise] as to disperse those who are behind them, so that they may take admonition.

Qaribullah & Darwish

if you meet them in battle, cause their example to scatter those behind them so that they remember.

Saheeh International

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.

Sarwar

When you capture the (unbelievers) during a fight, teach them a lesson so that they thereafter will always be aware of the threat of your power.

Shakir

Therefore if you overtake them in fighting, then scatter by (making an example of) them those who are in their rear, that they may be mindful.

Wahiduddin Khan

Should you encounter them in war, then deal with them in such a manner that those that follow them should abandon their designs and may take warning.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Faimma tathqafannahum fee alharbi fasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroona

وَإِمَّا تَخَافَنَّ مِن قَوْمٍ خِيَانَةً فَٱنۢبِذْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ

8:58 — If you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms. Indeed, Allah does not like traitors.

وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَبَقُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يُعْجِزُونَ

8:59 — And let not those who disbelieve think they will escape. Indeed, they will not cause failure [to Allah].

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