38. Surah Sad, Verse 11
Some force is thereupon defeated among the parties.
Translations
Notes
Aisha Bewley
Even a whole army of Confederates will be routed there!
Progressive Muslims
The opposing troops they have gathered will be defeated.
Shabbir Ahmed
But here it is! Defeated confederates are these, however closely they might band together.
Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
Some force is thereupon defeated among the parties.
The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
The Confederates that have gathered will be defeated.
Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament
Instead, whatever forces they can muster - even if all their parties banded together - will be defeated.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
They will be one more army vanquished among the many routed hordes.
Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
soldiers defeated there among the companies .
Muhammad Asad
there it is: any and all human beings, however leagued together, are bound to suffer defeat .
Marmaduke Pickthall
A defeated host are (all) the factions that are there.
Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary
This is only a small army out of the several armies that will suffer defeat here.*
Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab
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.
Bijan Moeinian
These disbelievers are only a small group of disbelievers who will be drawn here to meet their miserable destiny.
Al-Hilali & Khan
(As they denied Allâh’s Message) they will be a defeated host like the Confederates of the old times (who were defeated).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
But there - will be put to flight even a host of confederates.
Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran
This is just another ˹enemy˺ force bound for defeat out there.
Taqi Usmani
What is there (in Makkah) is just a host of the (opposing) groups that has to be defeated.
Abdul Haleem
their armed alliance is weak and will be crushed.
Arthur John Arberry
A very host of parties is routed there!
E. Henry Palmer
Any host whatever of the confederates shall there be routed.
Hamid S. Aziz
But there they shall be put to flight, even as a confederated host.
Mahmoud Ghali
A very host of the (allied) parties is routed from these.
George Sale
But any army of the confederates shall even here be put to flight.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
But there- Even a large number of (their) allies will be defeated.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(But bear in mind the prophecy:) there will be several hosts of the confederates which shall be completely routed here (at Madînah).
Ali Quli Qarai
a routed host out there, from among the factions.