يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ They ask you عَنِ about ٱلشَّهْرِ the month ٱلْحَرَامِ [the] sacred قِتَالٍۢ (concerning) fighting فِيهِ ۖ in it قُلْ Say قِتَالٌۭ Fighting فِيهِ therein كَبِيرٌۭ ۖ (is) a great (sin) وَصَدٌّ but hindering (people) عَن from سَبِيلِ (the) way ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَكُفْرٌۢ and disbelief بِهِۦ in Him وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ and (preventing access to) Al-Masjid ٱلْحَرَامِ Al-Haraam وَإِخْرَاجُ and driving out أَهْلِهِۦ its people مِنْهُ from it أَكْبَرُ (is) greater (sin) عِندَ near ٱللَّهِ ۚ Allah وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ And [the] oppression أَكْبَرُ (is) greater مِنَ than ٱلْقَتْلِ ۗ [the] killing وَلَا And not يَزَالُونَ they will cease يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْ (to) fight with you حَتَّىٰ until يَرُدُّوكُمْ they turn you away عَن from دِينِكُمْ your religion إِنِ if ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ ۚ they are able وَمَن And whoever يَرْتَدِدْ turns away مِنكُمْ among you عَن from دِينِهِۦ his religion فَيَمُتْ then dies وَهُوَ while he كَافِرٌۭ (is) a disbeliever فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ for those حَبِطَتْ became worthless أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ their deeds فِى in ٱلدُّنْيَا the world وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ and the Hereafter وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ And those أَصْحَـٰبُ (are) companions ٱلنَّارِ ۖ (of) the Fire هُمْ they فِيهَا in it خَـٰلِدُونَ (will) abide forever ٢١٧
They ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allāh and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allāh. And fitnah is greater than killing." And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able. And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
— Come To Light