Allah commands His Messenger to say to the idoators:
[إِنَّمَآ يُوحَى
إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـهُكُمْ إِلَـهٌ وَحِدٌ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ مُّسْلِمُونَ]
("It is revealed to me that your God is only one God. Will you then be
Muslims'') meaning, will you then follow that and submit to it
[فَإِن
تَوَلَّوْاْ]
(But if they turn away) means, if they ignore that to which you call them.
[فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ
عَلَى سَوَآءٍ]
(say: "I give you a notice to be known to us all alike...'') meaning, `I
declare that I am in a state of war with you as you are in a state of war with
me. I have nothing to do with you just as you have nothing to do with me.' This
is like the Ayah:
[وَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ
فَقُل لِّى عَمَلِى وَلَكُمْ عَمَلُكُمْ أَنتُمْ بَرِيئُونَ مِمَّآ أَعْمَلُ
وَأَنَاْ بَرِىءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ]
(And if they belie you, say: "For me are my deeds and for you are your deeds!
You are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what you do!'') [10:41]
[وَإِمَّا تَخَافَنَّ
مِن قَوْمٍ خِيَانَةً فَانبِذْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَى سَوَآءٍ]
(If you fear treachery from any people, throw back (their covenant) to them
(so as to be) on equal terms (that there will be no more covenant between you
and them)) [8:58] which means: so that both you and they will know that the
treaty is null and void. Similarly, Allah says here:
[فَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ
فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَى سَوَآءٍ]
(But if they turn away say: "I give you a notice to be known to us all
alike...'') meaning, `I have already informed you that I have nothing to do with
you and you have nothing to do with me.'
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