The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:90
إِلَّا
الَّذِينَ
يَصِلُونَ
إِلَى
قَوْمٍ
بَيْنَكُمْ
وَبَيْنَهُم
مِّيثَاقٌ
أَوْ
جَاءُوكُمْ
حَصِرَتْ
صُدُورُهُمْ
أَن
يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ
أَوْ
يُقَاتِلُوا
قَوْمَهُمْ
وَلَوْ
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
لَسَلَّطَهُمْ
عَلَيْكُمْ
فَلَقَاتَلُوكُمْ
فَإِنِ
اعْتَزَلُوكُمْ
فَلَمْ
يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ
وَأَلْقَوْا
إِلَيْكُمُ
السَّلَمَ
فَمَا
جَعَلَ
اللَّهُ
لَكُمْ
عَلَيْهِمْ
سَبِيلًا
ʾillā lladhīna yaṣilūna ʾilā qawmin baynakum wa-baynahum mīthāqun ʾaw jāʾūkum ḥaṣirat ṣudūruhum ʾan yuqātilūkum ʾaw yuqātilū qawmahum wa-law shāʾa llāhu la-sallaṭahum ʿalaykum fa-la-qātalūkum fa-ʾini ʿtazalūkum fa-lam yuqātilūkum wa-ʾalqaw ʾilaykumu s-salama fa-mā jaʿala llāhu lakum ʿalayhim sabīlan
except with those who attach themselves to your allies or come to you with no desire to fight you or their own people. God could have given them power to fight you. Thus, if they retreat, stop fighting and come forward expressing faith in Islam God will not allow you to fight them.
