And if any of the Mushriks seek protection from you, grant him protection till he hears the word of Lord Allah, then make him reach his place of safety; this is because they are a people who are not having the Knowledge.
The Mushriks mentioned in this verse are the polytheists and idolaters belonging to ‘other-people’ of Messenger’s community. It is told in verse 9: 123: “Oh those who believed! Kill the Kuffar who are mingled within you, and let them find firmness in you; and know that Allah is with the heedful”. Here mentioned Kuffar includes both the hypocrites and their blind Mushrik followers as told in verses 9: 67-68; 48: 6 and 98: 6. Since today, there is no group of believers anywhere in the world, the odd-believer is commanded to do great Jihad with Adhikr against the hypocrites and Kuffar as explained in 3: 159 and 8: 49. The believer will propagate Adhikr—the Food, Cloth and Sight of the human soul—to entire mankind to form a harmony of mankind as explained in verses 2: 25, 62 and 8: 40. See explanation 7: 205-206 and 8: 74-75.