they question thee with regard to warfare in the sacred month. say warfare therein is a great but to turn from the way of allah and to disbelieve in him and in the inviolable place of worship and to expel his people thence is a greater with allah for persecution is worse than killing. and they will not cease from fighting against you till they have made you renegades from your religion if they can. and whoso becometh a renegade and dieth in his disbelief such are they whose works have fallen both in the world and the hereafter. such are rightful owners of the fire they will abide therein.
يسألونك عن الشهر الحرام قتال فيه قل قتال فيه كبير وصد عن سبيل الله وكفر به والمسجد الحرام وإخراج أهله منه أكبر عند الله والفتنة أكبر من القتل ولا يزالون يقاتلونكم حتى يردوكم عن دينكم إن استطاعوا ومن يرتدد منكم عن دينه فيمت وهو كافر فأولئك حبطت أعمالهم في الدنيا والآخرة وأولئك أصحاب النار هم فيها خالدون