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Surah Ali ’Imran, Verse 31

سورة آل عمران، الآية ٣١

3:31 Juz 3 Hizb 6 Page 54 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 3:31

قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى يُحْبِبْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ۝٣١

Transliteration

qul in kuntum tuḥibbūna l-laha fa-ittabiʿūnī yuḥ'bib'kumu l-lahu wayaghfir lakum dhunūbakum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

Translation

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."

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Verse 31 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:31), a Medinan surah, is in juz 3, on page 54 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 31

Al-Mukhtasar

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.

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Other translations of verse 31

Say, “If you love Allah then follow me13; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: for Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

Notes

[13] Following the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) is by adhering to his Sunnah.

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to mankind): "If you (really) love Allâh then follow me (i.e. accept Islâmic Monotheism, follow the Qur’ân and the Sunnah), Allâh will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Say: "If ye do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, MercifuL

Say, "in case you (really) love Allah, then closely follow me, (and) Allah will love you and forgive you your guilty (deeds); and Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful."

Verse 31 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. إِن in If
  3. كُنتُمْ kuntum you ك و ن
  4. تُحِبُّونَ tuḥibbūna love ح ب ب
  5. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  6. فَٱتَّبِعُونِى fa-ittabiʿūnī then follow me ت ب ع
  7. يُحْبِبْكُمُ yuḥ'bib'kumu will love you ح ب ب
  8. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  9. وَيَغْفِرْ wayaghfir and He will forgive غ ف ر
  10. لَكُمْ lakum for you
  11. ذُنُوبَكُمْ dhunūbakum your sins ذ ن ب
  12. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
  13. غَفُورٌ ghafūrun (is) Oft-Forgiving غ ف ر
  14. رَّحِيمٌ raḥīmun Most Merciful ر ح م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 16

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith: 1. The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else. 2. Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake. 3. Who hates to revert to Atheism (disbelief)…

ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلاَوَةَ الإِيمَانِ أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لاَ يُحِبُّهُ إِلاَّ لِلَّهِ، وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُفْرِ…

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