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Quran 8:57

Surah Al-Anfaal, Verse 57

Juz 10 · Page 184 · Ruku 152 · Medinan

فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Word by word

فَإِمَّا fa-immā So if تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ tathqafannahum you gain dominance over them فِى fī in ٱلْحَرْبِ l-ḥarbi the war فَشَرِّدْ fasharrid disperse بِهِم bihim by them مَّنْ man (those) who خَلْفَهُمْ khalfahum (are) behind them لَعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they may يَذَّكَّرُونَ yadhakkarūna take heed

Transliteration

Fa-imma tathqafannahum fee alharbifasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William 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.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( فإما تثقفنهم في الحرب ) أي : تغلبهم وتظفر بهم في حرب ، ( فشرد بهم من خلفهم ) أي : نكل بهم ، قاله : ابن عباس ، والحسن البصري ، والضحاك ، والسدي ، وعطاء الخراساني ، وابن عيينة ، ومعناه : غلظ عقوبتهم وأثخنهم قتلا ليخاف من سواهم من الأعداء - من العرب وغيرهم - ويصيروا لهم عبرة ( لعلهم يذكرون )

وقال السدي : يقول : لعلهم يحذرون أن ينكثوا فيصنع بهم مثل ذلك .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.