38 Preface أَلّا تَزِرُ وازِرَةٌ وِزرَ أُخرىٰYusuf AliNamely, that no bearer1 of burdens can bear the burden of another;Here follows a series of eleven aphorisms of ancient wisdom apparently incorporated in current Semitic folklore. The first is that a man’s spiritual burden?die responsibility for his sin?must be borne by himself and not by another: Cf. 6:164; 17:15; 35:18; 39:7. There can be no vicarious atonement.