so when you clash with the unbelievers smite their necks until you overpower them then hold them in bondage. then either free them graciously or after taking a ransom until war shall have come to end. if god had pleased he could have punished them but he wills to test some of you through some others. he will not allow the deeds of those who are killed in the cause of god to go waste.
فإذا لقيتم الذين كفروا فضرب الرقاب حتى إذا أثخنتموهم فشدوا الوثاق فإما منا بعد وإما فداء حتى تضع الحرب أوزارها ذلك ولو يشاء الله لانتصر منهم ولكن ليبلو بعضكم ببعض والذين قتلوا في سبيل الله فلن يضل أعمالهم