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A routed (mahzūmun is an adjectival qualification of jundun, 'host') host [is all that they are], in other words, they are [nothing but] a despicable host, nothing more - in their denial of you - from among the factions (mina'l-ahzābi, also an adjectival qualification of jundun) in other words, [they are] like those hosts of factions who were in confederation against prophets before you: these were defeated and destroyed, and likewise We shall destroy these [people].