5. When the sacred months are over [1], slay the (warring) pagans [2] wherever you find them. Capture, besiege, and ambush them. But if they repent, keep up the prayer, and pay the poor-rate, then leave their way free. Indeed, Allāh is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[1]. The periods of truce i.e., Muḥarram, Rajab, Dhul-Qaʿdah, and Dhul-Ḥijjah in the Islamic calendar. [2]. This applies especially to combatant pagans who broke the peace treaty and posed a threat to Muslims.