{ Shall you not fight a people who have broken their oaths and were intent on expelling the Messenger, and started with you the first time? Do you fear them? For Allah is more worthy that you should fear Him, if you are Believers. Fight them; Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them, and will give you the victory over them, and will heal the bosoms of a believing people. And He will drive out the fury from their hearts; for Allah turns towards who He wishes; and Allah is knowing, wise } Al-tawba 13-15

Know that the Most High, when He said in the prior verse: { Shall you not fight a people? } , He subsequently mentioned seven things, each of which makes it obligatory for them to be valiant in fighting. Then indeed the Most High, in this verse, reiterates the command to fight, and mentions five kinds of advantages regarding this fighting, each of which extols its occurrence if taken separately, so how much more then if they are taken together. The first of these is His word: { Allah will punish them by your hands } ; and here there are several points to consider. The first point is that the Most High calls this “punishment”, it being a certainty; for indeed the Most High punishes the Disbelievers, hastening it in this world if He wishes, or delaying it to the hereafter if He wishes. The second point is that the intent of this punishment is sometimes to kill, other times to take captive, and yet other times to seize wealth.