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].