Commenting on this verse, Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti says:"qātaltu" (قاتلت) him' if you resisted his effort to fight you by a reciprocal fight, or if you forestalled him in that so that he would not get at you unawares." (online)</ref>verse commands "qitāl" () and not "qatl" (), and it is known that there is a big distinction between these two words... For you say ""qataltu" ()so-and-so" if you initiated the fighting, while you say""qātaltu" () him" if you resisted his effort to fight you by a reciprocal fight, or if you forestalled him in that so that he would not get at you unawares."Muhammad Abdel-Haleem writes that there is nothing in the Qur'an to say that not believing in God and the Last Day is in itself grounds for fighting anyone. Whereas Abū Ḥayyān states "they are so described because their way [of acting is the way of those who do not believe in God," Ahmad Al-Maraghī comments:ight those mentioned when the conditions which necessitate fighting are present, namely, aggression against you or your country, oppression and persecution against you on account of your faith, or threatening your safety and security, as was committed against you by the Byzantines, which was what lead to Tabuk.2. Do not forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden ("wa-lā yuḥarrimūna mā ḥarrama-llāhu wa-rasūluh")