فَإِمَّا تَثۡقَفَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَرۡبِ فَشَرِّدۡ بِهِم مَّنۡ خَلۡفَهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ٥٧
Fa immā tathqafannahum fil-harbi fasharrid bihim man khalfahum la'allahum yaddhakkarūn
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.454
Footnotes
454 i.e., kill them and make an example of them to discourage those who follow them.