فَهُوَ خَیْرٌ لَّکُمْ وَإِن تَوَلَیْتُمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّکُمْ غَیْرُ مُعْجِزِى اللهِ وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا بِعَذَاب أَلِیم (3) إِلاَّ الَّذِینَ عَـهَدتُّم مِّنَ الْمُشْرِکِینَ ثمّ لَمْ یَنقُصُوکُمْ شَیْئاً وَلَمْ یُظَـهرُوا عَلَیْکُمْ أَحَداً فَأَتِمُّوا إِلَیْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ إِلَى مُدَّتِهِمْ إِنَّ اللهَ یُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِینَ (4) 3- AND A PROCLAMATION TO PEOPLE, FROM ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER, ON THE DAY OF THE GREAT PILGRIMAGE; THAT ALLAH IS QUIT (i.e. EXEMPT FROM OBLIGATIONS OF TREATIES) OF THE POLYTHEISTS, AND (SO IS) HIS MESSENGER. SO IF YOU REPENT, THAT WILL BE BETTER FOR YOU. AND IF YOU TURN AWAY, THEN KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT FRUSTRATE ALLAH; AND GIVE THE GOOD TIDINGS TO THE UNBELIEVERS, OF A PAINFUL PUNISHMENT.
4- EXCEPTING THOSE OF THE POLYTHEISTS WITH WHOM YOU MADE COVENANT, AND THEY HAVE NOT FAILED YOU ANYTHING, AND THEY HELP NO ONE AGAINST YOU. SO FULFIL WITH THEM THEIR COVENANT UP TO THEIR TERM, THAT ALLAH LOVES THE RIGHTEOUS.