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جُندٌۭ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

جُندٌۭjundunSoldiers
مَّاthere
هُنَالِكَhunālikathere
مَهْزُومٌۭmahzūmun(they will be) defeated
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلْأَحْزَابِl-aḥzābithe companies

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators were amazed at the Message, Tawhid and the Qur'anAllah tells us that the idolators wondered at the sending of the Messenger of Allah as a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. This is like the Ayah: أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ النَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ قَالَ الْكَـفِرُونَ إِنَّ هَـذَا لَسَـحِرٌ مُّبِينٌ (Is it a wonder for mankind that We have sent Our revelation to a man from...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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