The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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فَإِمَّا
تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ
فِي
الْحَرْبِ
فَشَرِّدْ
بِهِم
مَّنْ
خَلْفَهُمْ
لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَذَّكَّرُونَ
fa-ʾimmā tathqafannahum fī l-ḥarbi fa-sharrid bihim man khalfahum laʿallahum yadhdhakkarūna
If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember.
— Abdullah Yusufali
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.
