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Surah Ali ’Imran, Verse 32

سورة آل عمران، الآية ٣٢

3:32 Juz 3 Hizb 6 Page 54 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 3:32

قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٣٢

Transliteration

qul aṭīʿū l-laha wal-rasūla fa-in tawallaw fa-inna l-laha lā yuḥibbu l-kāfirīna

Translation

Say, "Obey Allāh and the Messenger. But if you turn away - then indeed, Allāh does not like the disbelievers."

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Verse 32 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:32), 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 32

Al-Mukhtasar

O Prophet, say: Follow Allah and His Messenger by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions. If they turn away from the command, then know that Allah does not love the disbelievers who go against His sacred law and the instructions of His Messenger.

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Other translations of verse 32

Say, “Obey Allah and the Messenger.” But if they turn away, then Allah does not like the disbelievers.

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Obey Allâh and the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)." But if they turn away, then Allâh does not like the disbelievers5.

Notes

[5] (V.3:32) See the footnote of (V.3:85).

Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance).

Say: "Obey Allah and His Messenger": But if they turn back, Allah loveth not those who reject Faith.

Say: Obey Allah and the Messenger; but if they turn back, then surely Allah does not love the unbelievers.

Say, "Obey Allah and the Messenger."Yet in case they turn away, then surely Allah does not love the disbelievers.

Verse 32 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. أَطِيعُوا۟ aṭīʿū Obey ط و ع
  3. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  4. وَٱلرَّسُولَ wal-rasūla and the Messenger ر س ل
  5. فَإِن fa-in Then if
  6. تَوَلَّوْا۟ tawallaw they turn away و ل ي
  7. فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed
  8. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  9. لَا lā (does) not
  10. يُحِبُّ yuḥibbu love ح ب ب
  11. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ l-kāfirīna the disbelievers ك ف ر

Verses related to verse 32

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  • Ali ’Imran 3:31

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

    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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  • Ali ’Imran 3:63

    فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    But if they turn away, then indeed - Allāh is Knowing of the corrupters.

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