إِلَّا Except ٱلَّذِينَ those who يَصِلُونَ join إِلَىٰ [to] قَوْمٍۭ a group بَيْنَكُمْ between you وَبَيْنَهُم and between them مِّيثَـٰقٌ (is) a treaty أَوْ or جَآءُوكُمْ those who come to you حَصِرَتْ restraining صُدُورُهُمْ their hearts أَن that يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ they fight you أَوْ or يُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ they fight قَوْمَهُمْ ۚ their people وَلَوْ And if شَآءَ (had) willed ٱللَّهُ Allah لَسَلَّطَهُمْ surely He (would have) given them power عَلَيْكُمْ over you فَلَقَـٰتَلُوكُمْ ۚ and surely they (would have) fought you فَإِنِ So if ٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْ they withdraw from you فَلَمْ and (do) not يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ fight against you وَأَلْقَوْا۟ and offer إِلَيْكُمُ to you ٱلسَّلَمَ [the] peace فَمَا then not جَعَلَ (has) made ٱللَّهُ Allah لَكُمْ for you عَلَيْهِمْ against them سَبِيلًۭا a way ٩٠
Except for those who take refuge with a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty or those who come to you, their hearts strained at [the prospect of] fighting you or fighting their own people. And if Allāh had willed, He could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they remove themselves from you and do not fight you and offer you peace, then Allāh has not made for you a cause [for fighting] against them.
— Come To Light