﴿ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًۭا ﴾

“as for them, God may well efface their sin - for God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving.”

The third verse (96) too recounts the same degrees of precedence that the Mujahidin have over others. Ruling Jihad is not obligatory on the lame, the crippled, the blind, the sick and on others who are excusable under the Islamic law.