Note 2: Complete text of Q. 9:5-6

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The whole verse, in its broader context, states (Q. 9:5-6): {Then, when the sacred months have past, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, seize them, surround them, lay in wait in every place of ambush. However, if they repent, perform the prayer and give zakat, let them go their way. God is Forgiving, Merciful. * And if one of the idolaters asks you for protection, grant him protection so that he may hear the Word of God, then convey him to a place of safety. That is because they are people who do not know.}

قال تعالى {فإذا انسلخ الأشهر الحرم فاقتلوا المشركين حيث وجدتموهم وخذوهم واحصروهم واقعدوا لهم كل مرصد فإن تابوا وأقاموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة فخلوا سبيلهم إن الله غفور رحيم * وإن أحد من المشركين استجارك فأجره حتى يسمع كلام الله ثم أبلغه مأمنه ذلك بأنهم قوم لا يعلمون}