prepare any strength you can muster against them and any cavalry with which you can overawe gods enemy and your own enemy as well and others besides them whom you do not know but who are known to god. anything you spend in the way of god will be repaid to you in full. you will not be wronged.
وأعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من قوة ومن رباط الخيل ترهبون به عدو الله وعدوكم وآخرين من دونهم لا تعلمونهم الله يعلمهم وما تنفقوا من شيء في سبيل الله يوف إليكم وأنتم لا تظلمون