الآية رقم (193) - وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لاَ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ لِلّهِ فَإِنِ انتَهَواْ فَلاَ عُدْوَانَ إِلاَّ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ

(193) - ( Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] worship is [acknowledged to be] for Allah. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against the oppressors.)

These verses relate to the polytheists. They used to avert Muslims away from Islam. Therefore, the verse has a clear reason of revelation, and it is not absolute.

(وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ) (Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah..): They wanted to persecute the Muslims, prevent them from embracing Islam and abuse them.

( وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ لِلَّهِ) (and [until] worship is [acknowledged to be] for Allah): Hence, you do not force people to religion, but protect the freedom of people to choose the religion, this is the protection of freedom of choice.

( فَإِنِ انتَهَوْا فَلَا عُدْوَانَ إِلَّا عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ) (But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against the oppressors.): If they stop fighting the believers, then cease warfare against them.

( فَلَا عُدْوَانَ إِلَّا َ) (then there is to be no aggression except ….): This linguistic expression called in Arabic (verbal Hypallage); meaning to refer to something by a word that is similar to another word comes with it. Similarly, to what is indicated in this verse:

{وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ}

(But they plan, and Allah plans.) (Al-Anfal, from the verse: 30)

Allah (swt) definitely is neither cunning nor plotting, rather, He (swt) stops their deception and their plots.