excepting those who join a people between whom and you there is a bond or who come to you with their breasts straitened that they should fight you or fight their own people. and had allah so willed he would have surely set them upon you. if then they withdraw from you and fight not against you and offer you peace then allah openoth not for you against them a way.
إلا الذين يصلون إلى قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثاق أو جاءوكم حصرت صدورهم أن يقاتلوكم أو يقاتلوا قومهم ولو شاء الله لسلطهم عليكم فلقاتلوكم فإن اعتزلوكم فلم يقاتلوكم وألقوا إليكم السلم فما جعل الله لكم عليهم سبيلا