Quran 8:57 Word by Word & Translations

8:57 Word by Word (2021)

So if you gain dominance over them in the war, disperse by them (those) who (are) behind them, so that they may take heed.


8:57 Arabic

فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

8:57 Transliteration

Fa-imma tathqafannahum fee alharbi fasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroona
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
So, when you encounter them in battle, set them as an example for those who will come after them; perhaps they may remember.
Abdel Haleem
If you meet them in battle, make a fearsome example of them to those who come after them, so that they may take heed
Abdul Hye
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.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Wherefore if thou over-takest them in war, disperse thou through them those behind them, that haply they may be admonished
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 Hulusi
If you catch them in war, disperse them and those behind them that perhaps they will take a lesson.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Therefore, if you find them anywhere in war, kill them in such a manner that their remaining ones may be put to flight. Haply they may be admonished.
Aisha Bewley
So if you come upon such people in war, make a harsh example of them to deter those coming after them so that hopefully they will pay heed.
Ali Ünal
If you meet them in war, deal with them in such a manner as to deter those behind them (who follow them and those who will come after them), so that they may reflect and be mindful
Ali Quli Qara'i
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
Amatul Rahman Omar
Therefore if you find these (breakers of trust) in battle array, then (by inflicting an exemplary punishment upon them) disperse those behind them so that they may be admonished
Arthur John 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
Bakhtiari Nejad
So, if you defeat them in war, then by their (example), scare anyone who (comes) following them, so that they may take notice.
Bijan Moeinian
Consequently, if you meet them in combat, make of them such an example that those who dare to come after them think twice
Bilal Muhammad 2018
If you gain an advantage over them in war, then remind those who follow them, so they may consider
Corpus.Quran
So if you gain dominance over them in the war disperse by them (those) who (are) behind them so that they may take heed
Dr. Kamal Omar
So if you interlock (yourself) with them in War — then by (routing) them strike terror in those that are behind them per chance they get admonition
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
So if thou hast come upon them in war, then, break them up, whoever is behind them, so that perhaps they will recollect.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So if you come upon them in the battlefield, then by killing them (for violating the peace treaty) in an exemplary manner, make those who are behind them (also) run on their heels so that they may learn a lesson of warning
Dr. Munir Munshey
Therefore, if you overcome them on the battlefield, deal with them very sternly, so as to strike terror among them, and to serve as a lesson for their successors. Perhaps, they would remember
Edward Henry Palmer
but shouldst thou ever catch them in war, then make those who come after them run by their example, haply they may remember then
Faridul Haque
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
Fode Drame
If you ever get the better of them in the war, route those who are behind them [through their example] so that perhaps they will 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
Hamid S. Aziz
Should you come to war with them, then deal with them so as to strike fear into those who come after them (as an example), that per chance (or possibly) they may remember
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
if you meet them in battle, cause their example to scatter those behind them so that they remember
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
Irving/Hegab
Should you encounter them in war, then break them up to frighten off anyone who comes in their rear, so that they may (all) learn a lesson.
John Medows 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
Linda "iLham" Barto
If you defeat them in battle, use them [ie, the harsh example of the defeat] to oust those behind them so that (those who follow them) 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
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So if thou overtake them in war, scatter by them those who are behind them, that they may be mindful
Mir Aneesuddin
Then if you dominate them in war, disperse them (in such a manner that) those who succeed (them not being present with) them, they (too) may be mindful.
Mohammad Shafi
And if you face them in war, make a deterrent example of them for those who would follow them
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
So when you defeat/overtake them in the battle/war so expel/separate with them from behind them, maybe/perhaps they mention/remember
Muhammad 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
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So definitely in case you ever catch them in the war, then deal with them so as to disperse the ones (who1..are) behind them, that possibly they would constantly remember
Muhammad Marmaduke 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
Muhammad 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
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, if you find them in war, deal with them in a way that those behind them have to disperse fearfully, so that they take a lesson
Munir Mezyed
If it happens that you overtake them in war, disperse, by making them an example for those who will come after them, that they may be warned;
MunirMezyed2023
If it happens that you encounter them in battle, then disperse, by making them an example for those who will come after them so that they may be warned.
Musharraf Hussain
Whenever you come across them in battle crush them so that those who come after them may learn a lesson.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
If you ever encounter them in battle, make a fearsome example of them, so perhaps those who would follow them may be deterred.
Mustaqim
Then when you capture them in war, frighten with them those behind them so that they will remember.
N J Dawood 2014
If you capture them in battle discriminate between them and those that follow them, so that their followers may take warning
Rashad 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.
Safi Kaskas
If you face them at war, make a fearsome example of them for those who follow them, so that they may remember the Truth.
Samy Mahdy
So, when you arrest them in the war, so displaced them, perhaps whoever is behind them may be remembered.
Shabbir Ahmed
When you encounter them in war, deal with them to set an example for those who come after them, that they may 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
Sher Ali
So, if thou overcomest them in war, then thereby strike fear in those that are behind them, that they may be mindful
Syed Vickar Ahamed
So if you win victory over them in war deal with them, and scatter them (and) those who follow them, that they may remember
T.B.Irving
Should you encounter them in war, then use them to frighten off anyone who comes in their rear, so that they may (all) learn a lesson.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
If you encounter them in battle, make them a fearsome example for others who follow them, so they may take heed.
Talal Itani (2012)
If you confront them in battle, make of them a fearsome example for those who follow them, that they may take heed
The Study Quran
So if thou comest upon them in war, use them to scatter those who will come after them, that haply they might be reminded
The Wise Quran
If you find them in the war, then make those who are behind them run by them, perhaps they may remember.
Umm Muhammad (Sahih 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
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 (Saudi Rev. 1985)
If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember