The Spider — Verse 41

29:41 · al-`Ankabut

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The Spider 29:41

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Arabic English Morphology
مَثَلُ mathalu
(The) example Noun
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
(of) those who Noun
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ittakhadhū
take V
مِن min
besides Prep
دُونِ dūni
besides Noun
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
Allah Noun
أَوْلِيَآءَ awliyāa
protectors Noun
كَمَثَلِ kamathali
(is) like Noun
ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ l-ʿankabūti
the spider Noun
ٱتَّخَذَتْ ittakhadhat
who takes V
بَيْتًا baytan
a house Noun
وَإِنَّ wa-inna
And indeed Prep
أَوْهَنَ awhana
the weakest Noun
ٱلْبُيُوتِ l-buyūti
(of) houses Noun
لَبَيْتُ labaytu
(is) surely (the) house Noun
ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ l-ʿankabūti
(of) the spider Noun
لَوْ law
if (only) Prep
كَانُوا۟ kānū
they V
يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna
know V

Those who take protectors other than God can be compared to spiders building themselves houses- the spider’s is the frailest of all houses- if only they could understand

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِینَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡلِیَاۤءَ كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتۡ بَیۡتࣰاۖ وَإِنَّ أَوۡهَنَ ٱلۡبُیُوتِ لَبَیۡتُ ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِۚ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٤١

mathalu alladhīna ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi awliyāa kamathali l-ʿankabūti ittakhadhat baytan wa-inna awhana l-buyūti labaytu l-ʿankabūti law kānū yaʿlamūn

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