مَلْعُونِينَbut a little while. Accursed...`this describes their state while they are in Al-Madinah for this short time before they are expelled and sent far away.'أَيْنَمَا ثُقِفُوا أُخِذُواthey shall be seized wherever found,means, `they will be attacked, because they are so weak and so few,'وَقُتِّلُوا تَقْتِيلًand killed with a (terrible) slaughter. Then Allah says