The Exalted also says:

As for those who still dispute about God after He has already been acknowledged, their argument will be refuted by their Lord; upon them is wrath, and for them is a severe punishment. (42:16)

And He says, in praise of the truth:

Such was the argument We granted Abraham against his people. We raise in rank whom We will. (6:83)

The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—said in the sound ḥadīth agreed upon by al-Bukhārī and Muslim:

You bring your cases to me, and perhaps one of you is more eloquent in presenting his plea than another. I judge according to what I hear. So if I award someone what is rightfully his brother’s, let him not take it, for I am only allotting for him a piece of the Fire.

Some commentators claimed that this sūrah is abrogated—insofar as they imagined it indicates a suspension of fighting—because they thought the words, “To you be your religion, and to me mine” imply non-combat. Yet it is well-known that God did not command His Prophet to fight while he was in Mecca; that injunction came only after the migration to Madinah. The first verse revealed on the subject was:

Permission is granted to those who are fought against, because they have been wronged; and surely God is able to grant them victory. (22:39)

Thus God first granted them permission; later He made it obligatory, saying:

Fighting has been prescribed for you, though it is distasteful to you. It may be that you dislike something while it is good for you, and love something while it is harmful to you. (2:216)