38. Surah Sad, Verse 11

The opposing troops they have gathered will be defeated.

But here it is! Defeated confederates are these, however closely they might band together.

Some force is thereupon defeated among the parties.

The Confederates that have gathered will be defeated.

The opposing troops they have gathered will be defeated.

Even a whole army of Confederates will be routed there!

Instead, whatever forces they can muster - even if all their parties banded together - will be defeated.

They will be one more army vanquished among the many routed hordes.

[They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].

[But] there it is: any and all human beings, however [strongly] leagued together, are bound to suffer defeat [whenever they refuse to accept the truth].

A defeated host are (all) the factions that are there.

They are but some contemptible host already in evil array, a confederacy of Pagan tribes incapable of managing their own affairs, not to mention the affairs of the heavens and the earth; defeat is the synonym of their force, their religion and their immorality.

These disbelievers are only a small group of disbelievers who will be drawn here to meet their miserable destiny.

(As they denied Allâh’s Message) they will be a defeated host like the Confederates of the old times (who were defeated).

But there - will be put to flight even a host of confederates.

This is just another ˹enemy˺ force bound for defeat out there.[1]

What is there (in Makkah) is just a host of the (opposing) groups that has to be defeated.

their armed alliance is weak and will be crushed.

A very host of parties is routed there!

Any host whatever of the confederates shall there be routed.

But there they shall be put to flight, even as a confederated host.

A very host of the (allied) parties is routed from these.

But any army of the confederates shall even here be put to flight.

But there- Even a large number of (their) allies will be defeated.

(But bear in mind the prophecy:) there will be several hosts of the confederates which shall be completely routed here (at Madînah).

[They are but] a routed host out there, from among the factions.