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Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 57 (8:57)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Quran 8:57 is ayah 57 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 184 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:57
فَإِمَّاتَثْقَفَنَّهُمْفِىٱلْحَرْبِفَشَرِّدْبِهِممَّنْخَلْفَهُمْلَعَلَّهُمْيَذَّكَّرُونَ٥٧
fa-immā tathqafannahum fī l-ḥarbi fasharrid bihim man khalfahum laʿallahum yadhakkarūna

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.(57)

Word by word

  1. فَإِمَّاfa-immāSo if
  2. تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْtathqafannahumyou gain dominance over them
  3. فِىfīin
  4. ٱلْحَرْبِl-ḥarbithe war
  5. فَشَرِّدْfasharriddisperse
  6. بِهِمbihimby them
  7. مَّنْman(those) who
  8. خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahum(are) behind them
  9. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  10. يَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūnatake heed

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