ثِقْلٌ
1.
Weight: or a weight: synonym وَزْنٌ: (S, Msb, KL:) plural أَثْقَالٌ. (S.) So in the phrase أَعْطِهِ ثِقْلَهُ [Give thou him his, or its, weight]. (S, Msb.) See also مِثْقَالٌ. You say also, أَلْقَى
عَلَيْهِ ثِقْلَهُ or
ثِقَلَهُ [He threw upon him his weight: see مِثْقَالٌ, last sentence: and see جِرْمٌ]. (S in article اوق &c., according to different copies.)
2.
And A load, or burden: (KL:) or a heavy load or burden: plural as above. (K.) وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ, in the Qur'an, 16:7, means And they carry your loads, or burdens; (Bd;) or your heavy loads or burdens. (TA.)
3.
أَثْقَالٌ (as plural of ثِقْلٌ, K, or of
ثَقَلٌ, Bd) also signifies (tropical:) The treasures, or buried treasures, of the earth: and its dead, or corpses. (K, TA, and Bd and Jel in xcix. 2.)
4.
Also (as plural of ثِقْلٌ, K) (tropical:) Sins. (JK, K.) So in the saying in the Qur'an, 29:12, وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالًا مَعَ
أَثْقَالِهِمْ (tropical:) [And they shall assuredly bear their sins, and sins (of others whom they have seduced) with their sins]. (TA.)