{ This is because those who have disbelieved have followed after futility, and because those who have believed have followed the truth from their Lord; thus Allah puts forth to people their parables. So whenever you face those who have disbelieved, strike the necks until you have thoroughly brought them down; and tighten the shackles. Afterwards either an act of kindness or ransom, until the war puts down its burdens. Such it is; and if Allah had willed, He would have avenged Himself of them, but rather that some of you might put others of you to the test. And those who are killed in the cause of Allah – their deeds will not be in vain } Muhammad 3-4

Then He said: { Until the war puts down its burdens } ; it is narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that he said: Until the Disbelievers [Kuffar] stop associating others in worship, and they assert the oneness of the Lord Blessed and Exalted; until only Muslims and peaceable people remain, meaning under obligation to be safeguarded [dhimma] by the Muslims – those who give jizya. Sa’id ibn Jubair, regarding { Until the war puts down its burdens } , said: The coming of ‘Isa (peace be upon him) to break the cross, when the wolf encounters the flock but does not seize it, and there is no more enmity between two; Mujahid said something similar.