Allah states here that the worst moving creatures on the face of the earth are those who disbelieve, who do not embrace the faith, and break promises whenever they make a covenant, even when they vow to keep them,
}and they do not have Taqiod} meaning they do not fear Allah regarding any of the sins they commit.
4So if you gain the mastery over them in zvar}, if you defeat them and have victory over them in war,
4 then disperse those who are behind them,}
by severely punishing [the captured people] according to Ibn ‘Abbas, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, ‘Ata’ Al-Khurasani and Ibn ‘Uyaynah. This Ayah commands punishing them harshly and inflicting casualties on them. This way, other enemies, Arabs and non-Arabs, will be afraid and take a lesson from their end,
iso that they may learn a lesson. $
As-Suddi commented, “They might be careful not to break treaties, so that they do not meet the same end.”