فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- 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.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- எனவே போரில் நீர் அவர்கள்மீது வாய்ப்பைப் பெற்று விட்டால், அவர்களுக்குப் பின்னால் உள்ளவர்களும் பயந்தோடும்படி சிதறடித்து விடுவீராக - இதனால் அவர்கள் நல்லறிவு பெறட்டும்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- එහෙයින් යුද බිමෙහි නුඹ ඔවුන් හමු වන්නෙහි නම් ඔවුන්ගේ පසුපසින් සිටින්නවුන් ඔවුන්ගෙන් විසිර යන්නට සලස්වනු. ඔවුන් උපදෙස් ලැබිය හැකි වනු පිණිස.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- پس جب کبھی تو لڑائی میں ان پر غالب آجائے انہیں ایسی مار مار کہ ان کے پچھلے بھی بھاگ کھڑے ہوں ، ہو سکتا ہے کہ وه عبرت حاصل کریں۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- それでもしあなたがたが，戦いでかれらを打ち破ったならば，かれらとその背後に従う者を追い散らせ。恐らくかれらは反省するであろう。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 如果你在战争中遇见他们，你就应当以（惩治）他们而驱散在他们后面的人，以便他们觉悟。
Tafsir of 8:57
Striking Hard against Those Who disbelieve and break the Covenants Allah states here that the worst moving creatures on the face of the earth are those who disbelieve, who do not embrace the faith, and break promises whenever they make a covenant, even when they vow to keep them, وَهُمْ لاَ يَتَّقُونَ (and they do not have Taqwa) meaning they do not fear Allah regarding any of the sins they commit. فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى الْحَرْبِ (So if you gain the mastery over them in war), if you defeat them and have victory over them in war, فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ (then disperse those who are behind them,) by severely punishing the captured people according to Ibn `Abbas, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, `Ata' Al-Khurasani and Ibn `Uyaynah. This Ayah commands punishing them harshly and inflicting casualties on them. This way, other enemies, Arabs and non-Arabs, will be afraid and take a lesson from their end, لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ (so that they may learn a lesson. ) As-Suddi commented, "They might be careful not to break treaties, so that they do not meet the same end."
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
