5. Then, when the sacred months have passed [1], kill the [warring] polytheists [2] wherever you find them, seize them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every ambush. But if they repent, establish prayer and give 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.