Al-Ankabuut 29:41 مثل الذين اتخذوا من دون الله اولياء كمثل العنكبوت اتخذت بيتا وان اوهن البيوت لبيت العنكبوت لو كانوا يعلمون ٤١
مَثَلُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ٱتَّخَذُواْ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
أَوۡلِيَآءَ
كَمَثَلِ
ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِ
ٱتَّخَذَتۡ
بَيۡتٗاۖ
وَإِنَّ
أَوۡهَنَ
ٱلۡبُيُوتِ
لَبَيۡتُ
ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِۚ
لَوۡ
كَانُواْ
يَعۡلَمُونَ
٤١
The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of a spider spinning a shelter. And the flimsiest of all shelters is certainly that of a spider, if only they knew.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
The example of those who take allies other than Allāh is like that of the spider who takes [i.e., constructs] a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Likening the gods of the Idolators to the House of a Spider
This is how Allah described the idolators in their reverence of gods besides Him, hoping that they would help them and provide for them, and turning to them in times of difficulties. In this regard, they were like the house of a spider, whic
…Likening the gods of the Idolators to the House of a Spider
This is how Allah described the idolators in their reverence of gods besides Him, hoping th
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