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guide those whom Allah has caused to err? He whom Allah has led
astray cannot be guided.
They would have you disbelieve as they themselves have done, so
that you may be all alike. Do not befriend them until they have fled
their homes for the cause of Allah. If they desert you, seize them and
put them to death wherever you find them. Look for neither friends nor
helpers among them except those who join an ally of yours or come
over to you because their hearts forbid them to fight against you or
against their own people. Had Allah pleased, He would have given
them power over you, so that they would have taken arms against you.
Therefore, if they keep away from you and cease their hostility and
offer you peace,Allah bids you not to harm them.
Others you will find who seek security from you as well as from their
own people. Whenever they are called back to sedition, they plunge
into it headlong. If these do not keep their distance from you, if they
neither offer you peace nor cease their hostilities against you, lay hold
of them and kill themwherever you find them. Over suchmen,We give
you absolute authority.
It is unlawful for a believer to kill another believer except bymistake.
He that kills a believer by mistake must free one believing slave and
pay blood-money to the family of the victim, unless they choose to
give it away in alms. If the victim be a believer from a hostile tribe, the
penalty is the freeing of one believing slave. But if the victim be a
member of an allied tribe, then blood-money must be paid to his family
and a believing slave set free. If a man cannot afford to do this, he must
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