except those who join a group between you and whom there is a treaty or those who approach you with their breasts restraining from fighting you as well as fighting their own people. had allah willed indeed he would have given them power over you and they would have fought you. so if they withdraw from you and fight not against you and offer you peace then allah has opened no way for 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