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Ali 'Imran 31

Ayah 31 of 200 · Medinan

قُلۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِي يُحۡبِبۡكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ ذُنُوبَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٣١

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If you should love Allāh, then follow me, [so] Allāh will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. إِنIfin
  3. كُنتُمۡyoukuntum
  4. تُحِبُّونَlovetuḥibbūna
  5. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  6. فَٱتَّبِعُونِيthen follow mefa-ittabiʿūnī
  7. يُحۡبِبۡكُمُwill love youyuḥ'bib'kumu
  8. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  9. وَيَغۡفِرۡand He will forgivewayaghfir
  10. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  11. ذُنُوبَكُمۡۚyour sinsdhunūbakum
  12. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  13. غَفُورٞ(is) Oft-Forgivingghafūrun
  14. رَّحِيمٞMost Mercifulraḥīmun

Tafsir

O Prophet, say: If you really love Allah, then follow what I have brought, on the inside and the outside. By doing this, you will gain Allah’s love and He will forgive your sins. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful to those who repent to Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran