The Spider
29. Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت
Page #401
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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 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
The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of the spider, who builds (to itself) a house; but truly the flimsiest of houses is the spider's house;- if they but knew.
