Now Allah has lightened your burden, for He knows that there is weakness in you. So if there are a hundred steadfast among you, they will overcome two hundred. And if there be one thousand, they will overcome two thousand, by Allah’s Will. And Allah is with the steadfast.
Explanation:
These readings represent linguistic options in using the feminine for the word mi'ah ('hundred'), or the masculine due to its referents (male fighters). The second reading combines these options [al-Mahdawi].