2فَسيحوا فِي الأَرضِ أَربَعَةَ أَشهُرٍ وَاعلَموا أَنَّكُم غَيرُ مُعجِزِي اللَّهِ ۙ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مُخزِي الكافِرينَMuhammad Asad[Announce unto them:] "Go, then, [freely] about the earth for four months1- but know that you can never elude God, and that, verily, God shall bring disgrace upon all who refuse to acknowledge the truth!"These words, addressed to the mushrikin ("those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God") who have deliberately broken the treaties in force between them and the believers, indicate a cancellation of all treaty obligations on the latters' part. The period of four months which is to elapse between this announcement and the beginning (or resumption) of hostilities is a further elaboration of the injunction "cast it [i.e., the treaty] back at them in an equitable manner", given in 8:58 with reference to a breach of covenant by hostile unbelievers (see also note 62 on verse 58 of surah 8).