Quran 3:31 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘If you love God, follow me, and God will love you and forgive you your sins; God is most forgiving, most merciful.’
قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
qul in kuntum tuḥibbūna l-laha fa-ittabiʿūnī yuḥ'bib'kumu l-lahu wayaghfir lakum dhunūbakum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'If you love God, follow me, and God will love you, and forgive you your sins; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say [O Prophet]: "If you love God, follow me, [and] God will love you and forgive you your sins; for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace."
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | إِنin | If | — |
| 3 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you | كون |
| 4 | تُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūna | love | حبب |
| 5 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 6 | فَٱتَّبِعُونِىfa-ittabiʿūnī | then follow me | تبع |
| 7 | يُحْبِبْكُمُyuḥ'bib'kumu | will love you | حبب |
| 8 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 9 | وَيَغْفِرْwayaghfir | and He will forgive | غفر |
| 10 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 11 | ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗdhunūbakum | your sins | ذنب |
| 12 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 13 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 14 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |