[939] For a form of reconciliation to happen with the Believers, the ‘hypocrites’ have to redeem themselves by nurturing sincere intentions of becoming true Believers as well as making a physical move from Denial and its environs into Belief and its environs. Only then are Believers allowed to relent towards them (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[940] Since they undoubtedly made their enmity clear, despite the repeated and peaceful moves the Believers made towards them, they are to be considered as warring enemies and where the rules of war apply.