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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 8:57 | |
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| Transliteration | Fa-imma tathqafannahum fee alharbi fasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroona |
| Literal | So when you defeat/overtake them in the battle/war so expel/separate with them from behind them, maybe/perhaps they mention/remember .118 |
| Yusuf Ali | If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember. |
| Pickthal | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Khalifa | Therefore, if you encounter them in war, you shall set them up as a deterrent example for those who come after them, that they may take heed. |
| 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. |
| H/K/Saheeh | So if you, [O Muúammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded. |
| Malik | 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.[57] |
| QXP | When you encounter them in war, deal with them to set an example for those who come after them, that they may remember. |
| Maulana Ali | So if thou overtake them in war, scatter by them those who are behind them, that they may be mindful. |
| Free Minds | So, when you encounter them in battle, set them as an example to those who would come after them; perhaps they may remember. |
| Qaribullah | if you meet them in battle, cause their example to scatter those behind them so that they remember. |
| George Sale | if thou take them in war, disperse, by making them an example, those who shall come after them, that they may be warned; |
| JM Rodwell | If thou take them in war, then, by the example of their fate, scatter those who shall follow them-that they may be warned: |
| Asad | if thou find them at war [with you], make of them a fearsome example for those who follow them,° so that they might take it to heart; |
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