[2:190] And fight in the way of God with those who fight against you, but aggress not; God loves not the aggressors.
'Let your souls be trusts for the Real: when He commands their restraint, restrain and preserve them. When He commands to commit them to fighting, do not hold them back from His command. This is the meaning of His words but aggress not: that you stop wherever you are made to stop and do what you have been commanded'.