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;

If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember.

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.

So if thou overtake them in war, scatter by them those who are behind them, that they may be mindful.

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.