Surah 35 Faatir — Ayah 18
وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۚ وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌۭ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰٓ ۗ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۚ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
ኀጢአትን ተሸካሚም (ነፍስ) የሌላዋን ሸክም አትሸከምም፡፡ የተከበደችም (ነፍስ) ወደ ሸክሟ ብትጣራ (ተጠሪው) የቅርብ ዝምድና ባለቤት ቢኾንም እንኳ ከእርሷ አንዳችን የሚሸከምላት አታገኝም፡፡ የምታስጠነቅቀው እነዚያን ጌታቸውን በሩቅ የሚፈሩትን፣ ሶላትንም አስተካክለው ያደረሱትን ብቻ ነው፡፡ የተጥራራም ሰው የሚጥራራው ለራሱ ብቻ ነው፡፡ መመለሻም ወደ አላህ ብቻ ነው፡፡
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
Word by word
- وَلَا walā And not
- تَزِرُ taziru will bear
- وَازِرَةٌۭ wāziratun bearer of burdens
- وِزْرَ wiz'ra burden
- أُخْرَىٰ ۚ ukh'rā (of) another
- وَإِن wa-in And if
- تَدْعُ tadʿu calls
- مُثْقَلَةٌ muth'qalatun a heavily laden
- إِلَىٰ ilā to
- حِمْلِهَا ḥim'lihā (carry) its load
- لَا lā not
- يُحْمَلْ yuḥ'mal will be carried
- مِنْهُ min'hu of it
- شَىْءٌۭ shayon anything
- وَلَوْ walaw even if
- كَانَ kāna he be
- ذَا dhā near of kin
- قُرْبَىٰٓ ۗ qur'bā near of kin
- إِنَّمَا innamā Only
- تُنذِرُ tundhiru you can warn
- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
- يَخْشَوْنَ yakhshawna fear
- رَبَّهُم rabbahum their Lord
- بِٱلْغَيْبِ bil-ghaybi unseen
- وَأَقَامُوا۟ wa-aqāmū and establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۚ l-ṣalata the prayer
- وَمَن waman And whoever
- تَزَكَّىٰ tazakkā purifies himself
- فَإِنَّمَا fa-innamā then only
- يَتَزَكَّىٰ yatazakkā he purifies
- لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۚ linafsihi for his own self
- وَإِلَى wa-ilā And to
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- ٱلْمَصِيرُ l-maṣīru (is) the destination
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Mankind is in need of Allah, and each Person will carry His own Burdens on the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us that He has no need of anyone or anything else, but all of creation is in need of Him and is in a position of humility before Him. He says:
(O mankind! it is you who stand in need of Allah.) meaning, they need Him in all that they do, but He has no need of them at all. Allah says:
But Allah is the Rich, Worthy of all praise. meaning, He is unique in His being Free of all needs, and has no partner or associate, and He is Worthy of all praise in all that He does, says, decrees and legislates.
(If He willed, He could destroy you and bring about a new creation.) means, if He wanted to, He could destroy you and bring forth another people, and this is not difficult or impossible for Him. He says:
(And that is not hard for Allah.) Allah's saying:
(And no bearer of burdens shall bear another's burden;) means, on the Day of Resurrection.
(and if one heavily laden calls another to (bear) his load, ) means, if the person who is carrying a heavy burden calls someone else to help him carry his load, all or part of it,
(nothing of it will be lifted even though he be near of kin.) means, even if he is closely-related to him, even if he is his father or son, for each person will be preoccupied with his own self and his own situation. Then Allah says:
(You can warn only those who fear their Lord unseen and perform the Salah.) means, `the only ones who will draw a lesson from what you have brought are those who are possessed of insight and wisdom, who fear their Lord and who do as He commands.'
(And he who purifies himself, then he purifies only for the benefit of himself.) means, who does righteous deeds, the benefit of that will come back to him,
And to Allah is the Return. means, to Him everything will ultimately return, and He is swift in bringing to account. He will reward or punish everyone according to his deeds: if they are good, then the end will be good, and if they are bad, then the end will be bad.