Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:15

17:15

مَّنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن 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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Whoever goes right, then he goes right only for the benefit of his ownself. And whoever goes astray, then he goes astray to his own loss. No one laden with burdens can bear another’s burden. And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَّنِmaniWhoever
ٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadā(is) guided
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَهْتَدِىyahtadīhe is guided
لِنَفْسِهِۦۖlinafsihifor his soul
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
ضَلَّḍallagoes astray
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَضِلُّyaḍilluhe goes astray
عَلَيْهَاۚʿalayhāagainst it
وَلَاwalāAnd not
تَزِرُtaziruwill bear
وَازِرَةٌۭwāziratuna bearer of burden
وِزْرَwiz'raburden
أُخْرَىٰۗukh'rā(of) another
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كُنَّاkunnāWe
مُعَذِّبِينَmuʿadhibīnaare to punish
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
نَبْعَثَnabʿathaWe have sent
رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger