now when you meet those who are bent on denying the truth smite their necks until you overcome them fully and then tighten their bonds but thereafter either by an act of grace or against ransom so that the burden of war may be lifted thus . and had god so willed he could indeed punish them but so as to test you by means of one another. and as for those who are slain in gods cause never will he let their deeds go to waste he will guide them and will set their hearts at rest and will admit them to the paradise which he has promised them.
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 سيهديهم ويصلح بالهم ويدخلهم الجنة عرفها لهم