"To take the spoils" means to claim or enjoy the rewards or benefits that come from winning or achieving something, often gained by being the most successful or victorious in a competition or conflict. Full definition
For none take spoil from the mighty, who then would take from all that Thou hast created, unless Thou gavest it? (religion-online.org)
Cambridge University Women took the spoils in a hotly contested pre-Varsity Match encounter with Oxford at Grange Road, running out 22 - 0 winners. (thevarsitymatch.com)
Also, it says you can take spoils of war: money, women, possessions and so on, but in the next line it says only if you want to incur the wrath of God and be placed in hellfire (so one can see its against the Qur «an) (religion.blogs.cnn.com)