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Make ready for them, for fighting them, whatever force you can - the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" said that this refers to 'archers', as reported by Muslim - and of horses tethered (ribāt is a verbal noun, meaning, 'restraining them [for use] in the way of Allahu ta’ālā') that thereby you may dismay, terrify, the enemy of Allahu ta’ālā and your enemy, namely, the disbelievers of Mecca, and others besides them, that is, other than those - namely, the hypocrites or the Jews - whom you know not: Allahu ta’ālā knows them. And whatever thing you expend in the way of Allahu ta’ālā, its requital, shall be repaid to you in full, and you will not be wronged, [you will not] be diminished anything thereof.