Al-Qur'an Surah An-Najm Verse 38

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(It was) that no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of the other,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

˹They state˺ that no soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another,

Ruwwad Translation Center

That no bearer of burden will bear the burden of another,

A. J. Arberry

That no soul laden bears the load of another,

Abdul Haleem

that no soul shall bear the burden of another;

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

To wit, that a burthened soul shall not bear the burthen of another.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Abul Ala Maududi

“That no bearer of a burden shall bear the burden of another,

Ahmed Ali

That no one who carries a burden bears another's load;

Ahmed Raza Khan

That no burdened soul bears another soul’s burden?

Ali Quli Qarai

that no bearer shall bear another’s burden,

Ali Ünal

That no soul, as bearer of burden, is made to bear the burden of another.

Amatul Rahman Omar

(The Scriptures say that) no soul that bears a burden shall bear the burden of another (soul).

English Literal

That no sinner/burdener bears/carries another`s sin/burden .

Faridul Haque

That no burdened soul bears another soul’s burden?

Hamid S. Aziz

That no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another,

Hilali & Khan

That no burdened person (with sins) shall bear the burden (sins) of another.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?

Mohammad Habib Shakir

That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another-

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

That no laden one shall bear another's load,

Muhammad Sarwar

Certainly no one will bear the responsibility of the sins of another,

Qaribullah & Darwish

That no soul shall bear another's burden,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

That no burdened person (with sins) shall bear the burden (sins) of another.

Wahiduddin Khan

that no soul shall bear the burden of another;

Talal Itani

That no soul bears the burdens of another soul.

Tafsir jalalayn

that no burdened soul shall bear the burden of another (an, `that', has been softened in place of the hardened form), in other words, no soul shall bear [responsibility for] the sins of another;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

That no burdened person shall bear the burden of another.

Meaning, every soul shall carry its own injustices, whether disbelief or sin, and none else shall carry its burden of sin, as Allah states

وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَى حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَى

And if one heavily laden calls another to (bear) his load, nothing of it will be lifted even though he be near of kin. (35;18)

Allah said,

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْأِنسَانِ إِلاَّ مَا سَعَى