Spoils of War
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[8:60]
Hence, make ready against them whatever force and war mounts you are able to muster, so that you might deter thereby the enemies of God, who are your enemies as well, and others besides them of whom you may be unaware, [but] of whom God is aware; and whatever you may expend in God’s cause shall be repaid to you in full, and you shall not be wronged.

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* v.60 : Lit., “tethering of horses” (ribāt al-khayl): an expression which signifies “holding in readiness mounted troops at all points open to enemy invasion (thughūr)”; hence, tropically, the over-all maintenance of military preparedness.
* Lit., “God’s enemy and your enemy” – implying that every “enemy of God” (i.e., everyone who deliberately opposes and seeks to undermine the moral laws laid down by God) is, eo ipso, an enemy of those who believe in Him.
* I.e., of resources, efforts, and sacrifice of life.