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وَاقْتُلُوْهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوْهُمْ وَاَخْرِجُوْهُمْ مِّنْ حَيْثُ اَخْرَجُوْكُمْ وَالْفِتْنَةُ اَشَدُّ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُقَاتِلُوْهُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ حَتّٰى يُقٰتِلُوْكُمْ فِيْهِۚ فَاِنْ قٰتَلُوْكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوْهُمْۗ كَذٰلِكَ جَزَاۤءُ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ   ( البقرة: ١٩١ )

wa-uq'tulūhum
وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ
And kill them
ḥaythu
حَيْثُ
wherever
thaqif'tumūhum
ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ
you find them
wa-akhrijūhum
وَأَخْرِجُوهُم
and drive them out
min
مِّنْ
from
ḥaythu
حَيْثُ
wherever
akhrajūkum
أَخْرَجُوكُمْۚ
they drove you out
wal-fit'natu
وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ
and [the] oppression
ashaddu
أَشَدُّ
(is) worse
mina
مِنَ
than
l-qatli
ٱلْقَتْلِۚ
[the] killing
walā
وَلَا
And (do) not
tuqātilūhum
تُقَٰتِلُوهُمْ
fight them
ʿinda
عِندَ
near
l-masjidi
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ
Al-Masjid
l-ḥarāmi
ٱلْحَرَامِ
Al-Haraam
ḥattā
حَتَّىٰ
until
yuqātilūkum
يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ
they fight you
fīhi
فِيهِۖ
in it
fa-in
فَإِن
Then if
qātalūkum
قَٰتَلُوكُمْ
they fight you
fa-uq'tulūhum
فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْۗ
then kill them
kadhālika
كَذَٰلِكَ
Such
jazāu
جَزَآءُ
(is the) reward
l-kāfirīna
ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
(of) the disbelievers

Waqtuloohum haisu saqif tumoohum wa akhrijoohum min haisu akhrajookum; walfitnatu ashaddu minal qatl; wa laa tuqaatiloohum 'indal Majidil Haraami hattaa yaqaatilookum feehi fa in qaatalookum faqtuloohum; kazaalika jazaaa'ul kaafireen (al-Baq̈arah 2:191)

Sahih International:

And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al-Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers. (Al-Baqarah [2] : 191)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out, as Fitnah (to create disorder) is more severe than killing. However, do not fight them near Al-Masjid-ul-Harām (the Sacred Mosque in Makkah) unless they fight you there. However, if they fight you (there) you may kill them. Such is the reward of the disbelievers.