آلِ عِمْرَان : ٣١

  • قُلۡ Say
  • إِن If
  • كُنتُمۡ you
  • تُحِبُّونَ love
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • فَٱتَّبِعُونِي then follow me
  • يُحۡبِبۡكُمُ will love you
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah
  • وَيَغۡفِرۡ and He will forgive
  • لَكُمۡ for you
  • ذُنُوبَكُمۡۚ your sins
  • وَٱللَّهُ And Allah
  • غَفُورٞ (is) Oft-Forgiving
  • رَّحِيمٞ Most Merciful
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."
When they said, 'We only worship idols out of our love for God, that they might bring us close to Him', the following was revealed: Say, O Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, 'If you love God, follow me, and God will love you, meaning that He will reward you, and forgive you your sins; God is Forgiving, as regards the sins, committed previously, by one who [now] follows me; Merciful, to him.