Likewise "mistranslated" then must be 60:8 where the Arabic also refers to the DEEN.
Deen as in system of religion. The key word is “the”, not “deen”.
In other words those accused with "fighting the Muslims" were not doing so just because the Muslims believed in Allah alone. Agreed? They were fighting against the Muslims' establishment of a SYSTEM (which was clearly an ongoing work at the time of the "revelation" of many Qur'anic passages). The Muslims were fighting to establish the system in the face of fierce RESISTANCE. It is within this context then that Quranic passages like 2:193 must be understood:
And fight them until fitnah is no more and the DEEN is for Allah.
The Muslims had their own system, and some people who felt threated didn’t like it. You seem to add the aspersion that establishing a system amongst those who wanted it meant forcing it onto others. There are many systems, as I discussed with Muhammad bin Lyin.
[Allah] it is Who has sent His messenger with the....SYSTEM of truth [deen al haq], that He may cause it to prevail over all DEENS, however much the idolaters may be averse.
This was also discussed with Muhammad bin Lyin. The Qur’an contained a system, and Allah sent the system so that people would join it and truth would be clear (2:256). The book contained a system, but the aim of sending the system was not to use the system to fight others to spread the system…
So a non-Muslim individual or polity confronted by a Muslim "invitation" to Islam and an accompanying warning of a "painful punishment" on failure to accept said "invitation" would be justified in supposing that there was the possibility that Allah might use the hands of the Muslims to carry out the said punishment. Correct?
Under normal circumstances that would violate 2:256, 60:8 etc… What I implied was that it might happen by the non-Muslims putting themselves in a situation where it was justified for Muslims to fight them, or that a sura like sura 9 might be sent down (which has not happened since).
But they would do it according to the will of Allah?
Allah said he would do it himself.