SPIDER’S WEB, THE FRAGILE HOME

SPIDER’S WEB, THE FRAGILE HOME

           “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.”

                                     [Al-Qur’an 29:41]

Besides giving the physical description of the spider’s

web as being very flimsy, delicate and weak, the

Qur’an also stresses on the flimsiness of the

relationship in the spider’s house, where the female

spider many a times kills its mate, the male spider.

The parable also has reference to the weakness of

such relationship of the people who seek protection

for this world and for the hereafter from those other

than Allah.