except those who join people with whom you have a treaty or those who come to you reluctant to fight you or fight their own people. had god willed he would have given them power over you and they would have fought you. if they withdraw from you and do not fight you and offer you peace then god assigns no excuse 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