Quran 17:15 — Al-Israa, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whoever accepts guidance does so for his own good; whoever strays does so at his own peril. No soul will bear another’s burden, nor do We punish until We have sent a messenger.
مَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِي لِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا
mani ih'tadā fa-innamā yahtadī linafsihi waman ḍalla fa-innamā yaḍillu ʿalayhā walā taziru wāziratun wiz'ra ukh'rā wamā kunnā muʿadhibīna ḥattā nabʿatha rasūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whosoever is guided, is only guided to his own gain, and whosoever goes astray, it is only to his own loss; no soul laden bears the load of another. We never chastise, until We send forth a Messenger.
- Muhammad Asad
- Whoever chooses to follow the right path, follows it but for his own good; and whoever goes astray, goes but astray to his own hurt; and no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another" burden. Moreover. We would never chastise [any community for the wrong they may do] ere We have sent an apostle [to them].
- Sahih International
- Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّنِmani | Whoever | — |
| 2 | ٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadā | (is) guided | هدي |
| 3 | فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā | then only | — |
| 4 | يَهْتَدِىyahtadī | he is guided | هدي |
| 5 | لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖlinafsihi | for his soul | نفس |
| 6 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 7 | ضَلَّḍalla | goes astray | ضلل |
| 8 | فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā | then only | — |
| 9 | يَضِلُّyaḍillu | he goes astray | ضلل |
| 10 | عَلَيْهَا ۚʿalayhā | against it | — |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 12 | تَزِرُtaziru | will bear | وزر |
| 13 | وَازِرَةٌۭwāziratun | a bearer of burden | وزر |
| 14 | وِزْرَwiz'ra | burden | وزر |
| 15 | أُخْرَىٰ ۗukh'rā | (of) another | أخر |
| 16 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 17 | كُنَّاkunnā | We | كون |
| 18 | مُعَذِّبِينَmuʿadhibīna | are to punish | عذب |
| 19 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 20 | نَبْعَثَnabʿatha | We have sent | بعث |
| 21 | رَسُولًۭاrasūlan | a Messenger | رسل |