except those that betake themselves to a people who are joined with you by a compact or come to you with breasts constricted from fighting with you or fighting their people. had god willed he would have given them authority over you and then certainly they would have fought you. if they withdraw from you and do not fight you and offer you peace then god assigns not any way to you against them.
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