كُتِبَعَلَيْكُمُٱلْقِتَالُوَهُوَكُرْهٌۭلَّكُمْ ۖوَعَسَىٰٓأَنتَكْرَهُوا۟شَيْـًۭٔاوَهُوَخَيْرٌۭلَّكُمْ ۖوَعَسَىٰٓأَنتُحِبُّوا۟شَيْـًۭٔاوَهُوَشَرٌّۭلَّكُمْ ۗوَٱللَّهُيَعْلَمُوَأَنتُمْلَاتَعْلَمُونَ٢١٦

Battle has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allāh knows, while you know not.

They ask you about the sacred month¹ - 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 fitnah² 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.

Indeed, those who have believed and those who have emigrated and fought in the cause of Allāh - those expect the mercy of Allāh. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

They ask you about wine¹ and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond needs]." Thus Allāh makes clear to you the verses [of revelation] that you might give thought