← Surah 53

53:38

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ

Word by word

أَلَّا
That not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَPreposition — subordinating
لَّاPreposition — negative
تَزِرُ
will bear
Verb
Root: وزر
Grammar (i'rab)
تَزِرُVerb — imperfect، 3rd fem. sing.
وَازِرَةٌ
a bearer of burdens
Noun
Root: وزر
Grammar (i'rab)
وَازِرَةٌNoun — active participle، feminine، indefinite، nominative
وِزْرَ
(the) burden
Noun
Root: وزر
Grammar (i'rab)
وِزْرَNoun — feminine، accusative
أُخْرَىٰ
(of) another
Noun
Root: أخر
Grammar (i'rab)
أُخْرَىٰNoun — fem. sing.، nominative

Translation

EN

Namely, that no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another;

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

that no soul shall bear the burden of another;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

That no laden one shall bear another's load,

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Hiç bir günahkar başkasının günah yükünü yüklenmez;

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Ki hiçbir günahkâr başkasının günah yükünü yüklenmez.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Hiçbir (günah) yüklüsü, başkasının (günah) yükünü yüklenemez.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

أنه لا تؤخذ نفس بمأثم غيرها، ووزرها لا يحمله عنها أحد، وأنه لا يحصل للإنسان من الأجر إلا ما كسب هو لنفسه بسعيه.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

In earlier scriptures

  • Ezekiel 18:20citation
    The Qur'an's explicit citations

    The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

    Note

    הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַחֹטֵ֖את הִ֣יא תָמ֑וּת בֵּ֞ן לֹא־יִשָּׂ֣א ׀ בַּעֲוֺ֣ן הָאָ֗ב וְאָב֙ לֹ֤א יִשָּׂא֙ בַּעֲוֺ֣ן הַבֵּ֔ן צִדְקַ֤ת הַצַּדִּיק֙ עָלָ֣יו תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְרִשְׁעַ֥ת רָשָׁ֖ע עָלָ֥יו תִּֽהְיֶֽה׃

    After invoking 'the scrolls of Moses and Abraham' (Q 53:36-37), the Qur'an states: 'that no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another' (53:38). Ezekiel 18:20 (and Deut 24:16) is the same principle of individual responsibility.

    King James Version (KJV)public-domain