Surah Fatir (فاطر) • Originator

Quran 35:18

35:18

وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۚ وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰٓ ۗ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۚ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And no bearer of burdens shall bear another’s burden; and if one heavily laden calls another to (bear) his load, nothing of it will be lifted even though he be near of kin. You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) can warn only those who fear their Lord unseen and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât). And he who purifies himself (from all kinds of sins), then he purifies only for the benefit of his ownself. And to Allâh is the (final) Return (of all).

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

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd not
تَزِرُtaziruwill bear
وَازِرَةٌۭwāziratunbearer of burdens
وِزْرَwiz'raburden
أُخْرَىٰۚukh'rā(of) another
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تَدْعُtadʿucalls
مُثْقَلَةٌmuth'qalatuna heavily laden
إِلَىٰilāto
حِمْلِهَاḥim'lihā(carry) its load
لَاlānot
يُحْمَلْyuḥ'malwill be carried
مِنْهُmin'huof it
شَىْءٌۭshayonanything
وَلَوْwalaweven if
كَانَkānahe be
ذَاdhānear of kin
قُرْبَىٰٓۗqur'bānear of kin
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
تُنذِرُtundhiruyou can warn
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَخْشَوْنَyakhshawnafear
رَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lord
بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiunseen
وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
تَزَكَّىٰtazakkāpurifies himself
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَتَزَكَّىٰyatazakkāhe purifies
لِنَفْسِهِۦۚlinafsihifor his own self
وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd to
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the destination