“Fight in the way of God with those who fight with you, but do not transgress limits. God does not love those who transgress limits. And slay them wherever you find them, and drive them out of the places where they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque unless they fight with you there, but if they fight you there, then slay them. Such is the reward of unbelievers. But if they desist, God is Forgiving, Merciful. And fight them until there is no more persecution, and religion is for God. But if they desist, then let there be no hostility, except against oppressors.”[1]
“The unbelievers spend their wealth to debar [people] from the way of God. … Say to the unbelievers, if they desist, their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already. And fight them on until there is no more persecution, and only faith in God prevails. But if they desist, God surely sees all that they do. If they turn back, know that God is your Protector—the supreme protector and the supreme helper.”[2]
“Proclaim of a painful punishment to those who disbelieve, except those of the idolaters with whom you have a treaty, and who have since not failed you in anything of your right nor have aided anyone against you; fulfill your treaty with them to the end of their term. Lo! God loves the dutiful. And when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them and besiege them. Prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish prayer and charity, then leave their way free to them. Lo! God is Forgiving, Merciful. If any one of the idolaters seeks your protection, then give him protection so that he may hear the word of God; and then take him to a place where he can be safe. This is because they are people who do not know. … And if they break their pledges after their treaty, and belittle your religion, then fight the leaders of unbelief [in Islam]. Lo! They have empty oaths, so that they may desist.”[3]
“Fight those who do not believe in God or the Last Day, nor prohibit what God and his Messenger [Muhammad] have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, among those that have been given the Book, until they submissively and readily pay the tax, and are brought low.”[4]
“And when you meet unbelievers in battle, then smite the necks. When you have overcome them, then bond them, and afterwards, either grace or ransom [them] until the war lay down its burdens. That [is what shall be]. And if God willed, He could have punished them [himself], but [this is ordained] so that that He may test you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of God, He will not let their actions be vain.”[5]
[1] 2:190-193
[2] 8:36 & 38-40
[3] 9:3-6, 12
[4] 9:29
[5] 47:4