But if they cease, then Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.which means, `If they (polytheists) cease fighting you in the Sacred Area, and come to Islam and repent, then Allah will forgive them their sins, even if they had before killed Muslims in Allah's Sacred Area.'Indeed, Allah's forgiveness encompasses every sin, whatever its enormity, when the sinner repents it.The Order to fight until there is no more Fitnah Allah then commanded fighting the disbelievers when He said