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Al-Anfal 8:57

فَإِمَّا تَثۡقَفَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَرۡبِ فَشَرِّدۡ بِهِم مَّنۡ خَلۡفَهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

If you ever encounter them in battle, make a fearsome example of them, so perhaps those who would follow them may be deterred.

Word by word

فَإِمَّا
fa-immā
So if
Vocabulary
تَثۡقَفَنَّهُمۡ
tathqafannahum
you gain dominance over them
Vocabulary
Root: ثقف
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
ٱلۡحَرۡبِ
l-ḥarbi
the war
Vocabulary
Root: حرب
فَشَرِّدۡ
fasharrid
disperse
Vocabulary
Root: شرد
بِهِم
bihim
by them
Vocabulary
مَّنۡ
man
(those) who
Vocabulary
خَلۡفَهُمۡ
khalfahum
(are) behind them
Vocabulary
Root: خلف
لَعَلَّهُمۡ
laʿallahum
so that they may
Vocabulary
يَذَّكَّرُونَ
yadhakkarūna
take heed
Vocabulary
Root: ذكر

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.