A proclamation a notification from God and His Messenger to mankind on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage the Day of Sacrifice yawm al-nahr that God is free from obligation to the idolaters and their pacts and so is His Messenger also free from obligation in that same year year 9 of the Hijra the Prophet s sent forth ‘Alī who proclaimed these verses on the Day of Sacrifice at Minā and also he proclaimed that after this year no idolater will be allowed to make pilgrimage or circumambulate the House naked as reported by al-Bukhārī. So if you repent of unbelief it will be better for you; but if you turn away from belief then know that you cannot escape God. And give tidings to — inform — those who disbelieve of a painful chastisement namely of slaughter or capture in this world and of punishment in the Fire in the Hereafter.