Quran 35:18 — Faatir, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
No burdened soul will bear the burden of another: even if a heavily laden soul should cry for help, none of its load will be carried, not even by a close relative. But you [Prophet] can only warn those who fear their Lord, though they cannot see Him, and keep up the prayer- whoever purifies himself does so for his own benefit–– everything returns to God.
وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۚ وَإِنْ تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ ۗ إِنَّمَا تُنْذِرُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ ۚ وَمَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِ ۚ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ
walā taziru wāziratun wiz'ra ukh'rā wa-in tadʿu muth'qalatun ilā ḥim'lihā lā yuḥ'mal min'hu shayon walaw kāna dhā qur'bā innamā tundhiru alladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi wa-aqāmū l-ṣalata waman tazakkā fa-innamā yatazakkā linafsihi wa-ilā l-lahi l-maṣīru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- No soul laden bears the load of another; and if one heavy-burdened calls for its load to be carried, not a thing of it will be carried, though he be a near kinsman. Thou warnest only those who fear their Lord in the Unseen and perform the prayer; and whosoever purifies himself, purifies himself only for his own soul's good. To God is the homecoming.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND NO BEARER of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden; and if one weighed down by his load calls upon [another] to help him carry it, nothing thereof may be carried [by that other], even if it be one’s near of kin. Hence, thou canst [truly] warn only those who stand in awe of their Sustainer although He is beyond the reach of their perception, and are constant in prayer, and [know that] whoever grows in purity, attains to purity but for the good of his own self, and [that] with God is all journeys’ end.
- Sahih International
- And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And if a heavily laden soul calls [another] to [carry some of] its load, nothing of it will be carried, even if he should be a close relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord unseen and have established prayer. And whoever purifies himself only purifies himself for [the benefit of] his soul. And to Allāh is the [final] destination.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 2 | تَزِرُtaziru | will bear | وزر |
| 3 | وَازِرَةٌۭwāziratun | bearer of burdens | وزر |
| 4 | وِزْرَwiz'ra | burden | وزر |
| 5 | أُخْرَىٰ ۚukh'rā | (of) another | أخر |
| 6 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 7 | تَدْعُtadʿu | calls | دعو |
| 8 | مُثْقَلَةٌmuth'qalatun | a heavily laden | ثقل |
| 9 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 10 | حِمْلِهَاḥim'lihā | (carry) its load | حمل |
| 11 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 12 | يُحْمَلْyuḥ'mal | will be carried | حمل |
| 13 | مِنْهُmin'hu | of it | — |
| 14 | شَىْءٌۭshayon | anything | شيأ |
| 15 | وَلَوْwalaw | even if | — |
| 16 | كَانَkāna | he be | كون |
| 17 | ذَاdhā | near of kin | — |
| 18 | قُرْبَىٰٓ ۗqur'bā | near of kin | قرب |
| 19 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 20 | تُنذِرُtundhiru | you can warn | نذر |
| 21 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 22 | يَخْشَوْنَyakhshawna | fear | خشي |
| 23 | رَبَّهُمrabbahum | their Lord | ربب |
| 24 | بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybi | unseen | غيب |
| 25 | وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmū | and establish | قوم |
| 26 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۚl-ṣalata | the prayer | صلو |
| 27 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 28 | تَزَكَّىٰtazakkā | purifies himself | زكو |
| 29 | فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā | then only | — |
| 30 | يَتَزَكَّىٰyatazakkā | he purifies | زكو |
| 31 | لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۚlinafsihi | for his own self | نفس |
| 32 | وَإِلَىwa-ilā | And to | — |
| 33 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 34 | ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru | (is) the destination | صير |