The Spider
29. Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت
al-‘Ankabūt (The Spider)
ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت
29:41
مَثَلُ
الَّذِينَ
اتَّخَذُوا
مِن
دُونِ
اللَّهِ
أَوْلِيَاءَ
كَمَثَلِ
الْعَنكَبُوتِ
اتَّخَذَتْ
بَيْتًا
وَإِنَّ
أَوْهَنَ
الْبُيُوتِ
لَبَيْتُ
الْعَنكَبُوتِ
لَوْ
كَانُوا
يَعْلَمُونَ
mathalu lladhīna ttakhadhū min dūni llāhi ʾawliyāʾa ka-mathali l-ʿankabūti ttakhadhat baytan wa-ʾinna ʾawhana l-buyūti la-baytu l-ʿankabūti law kānū yaʿlamūna
The belief of considering other things as one's guardians besides God is as feeble as a spider's web. The spider's web is the frailest of all dwellings, if only they knew it.
