The Spider
29. Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت

al-‘Ankabūt (The Spider)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

29:41
29:41

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 parable of those who take guardians instead of Allah is that of the spider that takes a home, and indeed the frailest of homes is the home of a spider, had they known!

Ali Quli Qarai