Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 25
| لِيَحْمِلُوا أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | li- yah.milo awzaar -hum kaamilah yawm al- qiyaamah wa- min awzaar 'alladhena yud.illon -hum bi- ghayr cilm 'a-laa saa'a maa yaziron |
| Pickthall | : | That they may bear their burdens undiminished on the Day of Resurrection, with somewhat of the burdens of those whom they mislead without knowledge. Ah! evil is that which they bear! |
| Asad | : | Hence,17 on Resurrection Day they shall bear the full weight of their own burdens, as well as some of the burdens of those ignorant ones whom they have led astray:18 oh, how evil the load with which they shall be burdened! |
| Malik | : | Let them bear their own burden in full and that of those whom they have misled in their ignorance. Alas! Evil is the responsibility they are taking. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Let them bear on the Day of Judgment their own burdens in full and also (something) of the burdens of those without knowledge whom they misled. Alas how grievous the burdens they will bear! 2048 |
Note - 17The conjunction li prefixed to the verb yahmilu ("they
shall carry") has here obviously - as pointed out by Razi
- the function of what the grammarians call a lam
al-'aqibah, indicating no more than a causal sequence
('aqibah); it may be appropriately rendered by means of
the conjunctive particle "and" or - as in this context-
by the adverb "hence".
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Note - 18Lit., "those whom they are leading astray without
knowledge" - i.e., without knowledge or understanding on
the latters' part (Zamakhshari).
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Note - 2048Their responsibility or crime is twofold: (1) that they
rejected Allah's Message, and (2) that they misled
others. Their Penalty will also be double. In vi. 164, we
are told that "no bearer of burdens can bear the burden
of another". This is against the doctrine of vicarious
atonement. Every man is responsible for his own sins; but
the sin of misleading others is a sin of the misleader
himself, and he must suffer the penalty for that also,
without relieving those misled, of their responsibility.
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The conjunction li prefixed to the verb yahmilu ("they shall carry") has here obviously - as pointed out by Razi - the function of what the grammarians call a lam al-'aqibah, indicating no more than a causal sequence ('aqibah); it may be appropriately rendered by means of the conjunctive particle "and" or - as in this context- by the adverb "hence". |
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Their responsibility or crime is twofold: (1) that they rejected Allah's Message, and (2) that they misled others. Their Penalty will also be double. In vi. 164, we are told that "no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another". This is against the doctrine of vicarious atonement. Every man is responsible for his own sins; but the sin of misleading others is a sin of the misleader himself, and he must suffer the penalty for that also, without relieving those misled, of their responsibility. |
