Surah Nahl ayat 25 Tafsir Quran 16:25

﴿لِيَحْمِلُوا أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ﴾
[ النحل: 25]

16:25 That they may bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they misguide without knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.

That they may bear at the conclusion of the matter their burdens their sins complete none of them expunged on the Day of Resurrection and also bear some of the burdens of those whom they lead astray without any knowledge because they summoned them to error and they the latter followed them and thus both share in the sin. How evil awful is the burden they bear this load of sins of theirs which they carry.

Such is the disposition of those who shall bear their burdensome lot at Judgment and the burden of their wrongs in full, in addition to the wrongs of those unlearned whom they misled. Evil indeed is the fate of those who are burdened with wrongs and evil indeed are the wrongs they bear

The Destruction of the Disbelievers and Intensification of their Punishment for rejecting the Revelation Allah informs us that when it is said to those liars, مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ ( "What is it that your Lord has revealed" They say, ) not wanting to answer, أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ( "Tales of the men of old!" ) meaning nothing is revealed to him, what he is reciting to us is just tales of the men of old, taken from the previous Books.
As Allah says, وَقَالُواْ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً ( And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon." ) ( 25:5 ) i.e., they tell lies against the Messenger and say things contradicting one another, but all of it is false, as Allah says, انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ الاٌّمْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعْونَ سَبِيلاً ( Look at the parables they make of you, so they have gone astray, and they are not able to find the right way. )( 17:48 ) Once they have gone beyond the bounds of the truth, whatever they say will be in error.
They used to say that he ( the Prophet ) was a sorcerer, a poet, a soothsayer, or a madman, then they settled on an idea proposed by their leader, an individual known as Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi, when: إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ - فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ - ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ - ثُمَّ نَظَرَ - ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ - ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ - فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ ( He thought, and plotted.
So let him be cursed, how he plotted! And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! Then he thought.
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; then he turned back, and was proud.
Then he said: "This is nothing but the magic of old." ) ( 74:18-24 ) meaning something that had been transmitted and passed down.
So they dispersed having agreed on this opinion, may Allah punish them. لِيَحْمِلُواْ أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ( They will bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, and also of the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. ) meaning, `We decreed that they would say that, so they will carry the burden of their own sins and some of the burden of those who followed them and agreed with them,' i.e., they will be held guilty not only for going astray themselves, but also for tempting others and having them follow them.
As it says in a Hadith:
«مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلُ أُجُورِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ، لَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا، وَمَنْ دَعَا إِلَى ضَلَالَةٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ مِثْلُ آثَامِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ، لَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آثَامِهِمْ شَيْئًا»
( Whoever invites people to guidance, he will receive a reward like that of those who follow him, without diminishing their reward in the least.
And whoever invites people to misguidance, he will bear a burden of sin like that of those who follow him, without diminishing their burden in the least. ) Allah says; وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالاً مَّعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ وَلَيُسْـَلُنَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ ( They shall bear their own loads, and other loads besides their own; and they shall be questioned about their false allegations on the Day of Resurrection. ) ( 29:13 ) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas that it is like the Ayah: لِيَحْمِلُواْ أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ( That they may bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, and also of the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. ) ( 16:25 ) Allah says, وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالاً مَّعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ ( They shall bear their own loads, and other loads besides their own ) ( 29:13 ).
Mujahid said: "They will bear the burden of their own sins, and they will bear the sins of those who obeyed them, but that will not lessen the punishment of those who obeyed them at all."

The Destruction of the Disbelievers and Intensification of their Punishment for rejecting the Revelation Allah informs us that when it is said to those liars, مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ ( "What is it that your Lord has revealed" They say, ) not wanting to answer, أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ( "Tales of the men of old!" ) meaning nothing is revealed to him, what he is reciting to us is just tales of the men of old, taken from the previous Books.
As Allah says, وَقَالُواْ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً ( And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon." ) ( 25:5 ) i.e., they tell lies against the Messenger and say things contradicting one another, but all of it is false, as Allah says, انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ الاٌّمْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعْونَ سَبِيلاً ( Look at the parables they make of you, so they have gone astray, and they are not able to find the right way. )( 17:48 ) Once they have gone beyond the bounds of the truth, whatever they say will be in error.
They used to say that he ( the Prophet ) was a sorcerer, a poet, a soothsayer, or a madman, then they settled on an idea proposed by their leader, an individual known as Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi, when: إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ - فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ - ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ - ثُمَّ نَظَرَ - ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ - ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ - فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ ( He thought, and plotted.
So let him be cursed, how he plotted! And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! Then he thought.
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; then he turned back, and was proud.
Then he said: "This is nothing but the magic of old." ) ( 74:18-24 ) meaning something that had been transmitted and passed down.
So they dispersed having agreed on this opinion, may Allah punish them. لِيَحْمِلُواْ أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ( They will bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, and also of the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. ) meaning, `We decreed that they would say that, so they will carry the burden of their own sins and some of the burden of those who followed them and agreed with them,' i.e., they will be held guilty not only for going astray themselves, but also for tempting others and having them follow them.
As it says in a Hadith: «مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلُ أُجُورِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ، لَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا، وَمَنْ دَعَا إِلَى ضَلَالَةٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ مِثْلُ آثَامِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ، لَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آثَامِهِمْ شَيْئًا» ( Whoever invites people to guidance, he will receive a reward like that of those who follow him, without diminishing their reward in the least.
And whoever invites people to misguidance, he will bear a burden of sin like that of those who follow him, without diminishing their burden in the least. ) Allah says; وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالاً مَّعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ وَلَيُسْـَلُنَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ ( They shall bear their own loads, and other loads besides their own; and they shall be questioned about their false allegations on the Day of Resurrection. ) ( 29:13 ) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas that it is like the Ayah: لِيَحْمِلُواْ أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ( That they may bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, and also of the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. ) ( 16:25 ) Allah says, وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالاً مَّعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ ( They shall bear their own loads, and other loads besides their own ) ( 29:13 ).
Mujahid said: "They will bear the burden of their own sins, and they will bear the sins of those who obeyed them, but that will not lessen the punishment of those who obeyed them at all."

( That they may bear their burdens ) their sins ( undiminished on the Day of Resurrection, with somewhat of the burdens ) as well as the sins ( of those whom they mislead ) those whom they drove away from Muhammad ( pbuh ) and from the Qur’an and faith ( without knowledge ) or proof. ( Ah! evil is that which they bear! ) evil are the sins which they bear, i.e. those who were slain at the valley of Badr among the leaders of Quraysh.

They will bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, and also of the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. Evil indeed is that which they shall bear!

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