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The Spider
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent,
the Merciful.
[29.1] Alif Lam Mim.
[29.2] Do men think that they will be left alone on saying,
We believe, and not be tried?
[29.3] And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah
will certainly know those who are true and He will
certainly know the liars.
[29.4] Or do they who work evil think that they will escape
Us? Evil is it that they judge!
[29.5] Whoever hopes to meet Allah, the term appointed by
Allah will then most surely come; and He is the Hearing,
the Knowing.
[29.6] And whoever strives hard, he strives only for his
own soul; most surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above (need
of) the worlds.
[29.7] And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will
most certainly do away with their evil deeds and We will
most certainly reward them the best of what they did.
[29.8] And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents,
and if they contend with you that you should associate
(others) with Me, of which you have no knowledge, do not
obey them, to Me is your return, so I will inform you of
what you did.
[29.9] And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will
most surely cause them to enter among the good.
[29.10] And among men is he who says: We believe in Allah;
but when he is persecuted in (the way of) Allah he thinks
the persecution of men to be as the chastisement of Allah;
and if there come assistance from your Lord, they would
most certainly say: Surely we were with you. What! is not
Allah the best knower of what is in the breasts of mankind.
[29.11] And most certainly Allah will know those who
believe and most certainly He will know the hypocrites.
[29.12] And those who disbelieve say to those who believe:
Follow our path and we will bear your wrongs. And never
shall they be the bearers of any of their
wrongs; most surely they are liars.
[29.13] And most certainly they shall carry their own
burdens, and other burdens with their own burdens, and most
certainly they shall be questioned on the
resurrection day as to what they forged.
[29.14] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he
remained among them a thousand years save fifty years. And
the deluge overtook them, while they were
unjust.
[29.15] So We delivered him and the inmates of the ark, and
made it a sign to the nations.
[29.16] And (We sent) Ibrahim, when he said to his people:
Serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him; this is
best for you, if you did but know:
[29.17] You only worship idols besides Allah and you create
a lie surely they whom you serve besides Allah do not
control for you any sustenance, therefore
seek the sustenance from Allah and serve Him and be
grateful to Him; to Him you shall be brought back.
[29.18] And if you reject (the truth), nations before you
did indeed reject (the truth); and nothing is incumbent on
the apostle but a plain delivering (of the
message).
[29.19] What! do they not consider how Allah originates the
creation, then reproduces it? Surely that is easy to Allah.
[29.20] Say: Travel in the earth and see how He makes the
first creation, then Allah creates the latter creation;
surely Allah has power over all things.
[29.21] He punishes whom He pleases and has mercy on whom
He pleases, and to Him you shall be turned back.
[29.22] And you shall not escape in the earth nor in the
heaven, and you have neither a protector nor a helper
besides Allah.
[29.23] And (as to) those who disbelieve in the
communications of Allah and His meeting, they have
despaired of My mercy, and these it is that shall have a
painful punishment.
[29.24] So naught was the answer of his people except that
they said: Slay him or burn him; then Allah delivered him
from the fire; most surely there are signs
in this for a people who believe.
[29.25] And he said: You have only taken for yourselves
idols besides Allah by way of friendship between you in
this world's life, then on the resurrection day
some of you shall deny others, and some of you shall curse
others, and your abode is the fire, and you shall not have
any helpers.
[29.26] And Lut believed in Him, and he said: I am fleeing
to my Lord, surely He is the Mighty, the Wise.
[29.27] And We granted him Ishaq and Yaqoub, and caused the
t prophethood and the book to remain in his seed, and We
gave him his reward in this world, and in
the hereafter he will most surely be among the good.
[29.28] And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: Most
surely you are guilty of an indecency which none of the
nations has ever done before you;
[29.29] What! do you come to the males and commit robbery
on the highway, and you commit evil deeds in your
assemblies? But nothing was the answer of his
people except that they said: Bring on us Allah's
punishment, if you are one of the truthful.
[29.30] He said: My Lord! help me against the mischievous
people.
[29.31] And when Our messengers came to Ibrahim with the
good news, they said: Surely we are going to destroy the
people of this town, for its people are
unjust.
[29.32] He said: Surely in it is Lut. They said: We know
well who is in it; we shall certainly deliver him and his
followers, except his wife; she shall be of
those who remain behind.
[29.33] And when Our messengers came to Lut he was grieved
on account of them, and he felt powerless (to protect)
them; and they said: Fear not, nor grieve;
surely we will deliver you and your followers, except your
wife; she shall be of those who remain behind.
[29.34] Surely We will cause to come down upon the people
of this town a punishment from heaven, because they
transgressed.
[29.35] And certainly We have left a clear sign of it for a
people who understand.
[29.36] And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shuaib, so he
said: O my people! serve Allah and fear the latter day and
do not act corruptly in the land, making
mischief.
[29.37] But they rejected him, so a severe earthquake
overtook them, and they became motionless bodies in their
abode.
[29.38] And (We destroyed) Ad and Samood, and from their
dwellings (this) is apparent to you indeed; and the Shaitan
made their deeds fair-seeming to them, so he kept them back
from the path, though they were endowed with intelligence
and skill,
[29.39] And (We destroyed) Qaroun and Firon and Haman; and
certainly Musa came to them with clear arguments, but they
behaved haughtily in the land; yet they
could not outstrip (Us).
[29.40] So each We punished for his sin; of them was he on
whom We sent down a violent storm, and of them was he whom
the rumbling overtook, and of them was he
whom We made to be swallowed up by the earth, and of them
was he whom We drowned; and it did not beseem Allah that He
should be unjust to them, but they were unjust to their own
souls.
[29.41] The parable of those who take guardians besides
Allah is as the parable of the spider that makes for itself
a house; and most surely the frailest of the
houses is the spider's house did they but know.
[29.42] Surely Allah knows whatever thing they call upon
besides Him; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
[29.43] And (as for) these examples, We set them forth for
men, and none understand them but the learned.
[29.44] Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth;
most surely there is a sign in this for the believers.
[29.45] Recite that which has been revealed to you of the
Book and keep up prayer; surely prayer keeps (one) away
from indecency and evil, and certainly the remembrance of
Allah is the greatest, and Allah knows what you do.
[29.46] And do not dispute with the followers of the Book
except by what is best, except those of them who act
unjustly, and say: We believe in that which
has been revealed to us and revealed to you, and our God
and your God is One, and to Him do we submit.
[29.47] And thus have We revealed the Book to you. So those
whom We have given the Book believe in it, and of these
there are those who believe in it, and none
deny Our communications except the unbelievers.
[29.48] And you did not recite before it any book, nor did
you transcribe one with your right hand, for then could
those who say untrue things have doubted.
[29.49] Nay! these are clear communications in the breasts
of those who are granted knowledge; and none deny Our
communications except the unjust.
[29.50] And they say: Why are not signs sent down upon him
from his Lord? Say: The signs are only with Allah, and I am
only a plain warner.
[29.51] Is it not enough for them that We have revealed to
you the Book which is recited to them? Most surely there is
mercy in this and a reminder for a people
who believe.
[29.52] Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me
and you; He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. And
(as for) those who believe in the falsehood
and disbelieve in Allah, these it is that are the losers.
[29.53] And they ask you to hasten on the chastisement; and
had not a term been appointed, the chastisement would
certainly have come to them; and most certainly it will
come to them all of a sudden while they will not perceive.
[29.54] They ask you to hasten on the chastisement, and
most surely hell encompasses the unbelievers;
[29.55] On the day when the chastisement shall cover them
from above them, and from beneath their feet; and He shall
say: Taste what you did.
[29.56] O My servants who believe! surely My earth is vast,
therefore Me alone should you serve.
[29.57] Every soul must taste of death, then to Us you
shall be brought back.
[29.58] And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will
certainly give them abode in the high places in gardens
beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein;
how good the reward of the workers:
[29.59] Those who are patient, and on their Lord do they
rely.
[29.60] And how many a living creature that does not carry
its sustenance: Allah sustains it and yourselves; and He is
the Hearing, the Knowing.
[29.61] And if you ask them, Who created the heavens and
the earth and made the sun and the moon subservient, they
will certainly say, Allah. Whence are they
then turned away?
[29.62] Allah makes abundant the means of subsistence for
whom He pleases of His servants, and straitens them for
whom (He pleases) surely Allah is Cognizant of
all things.
[29.63] And if you ask them Who is it that sends down water
from the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after
its death, they will certainly say, Allah. Say: All praise
is due to Allah. Nay, most of them do not understand.
[29.64] And this life of the world is nothing but a sport
and a play; and as for the next abode, that most surely is
the life-- did they but know!
[29.65] So when they ride in the ships they call upon
Allah, being sincerely obedient to Him, but when He brings
them safe to the land, lo! they associate
others (with Him);
[29.66] Thus they become ungrateful for what We have given
them, so that they may enjoy; but they shall soon know.
[29.67] Do they not see that We have made a sacred
territory secure, while men are carried off by force from
around them? Will they still believe in the
falsehood and disbelieve in the favour of Allah?
[29.68] And who is more unjust than one who forges a lie
against Allah, or gives the lie to the truth when it has
come to him? Will not in hell be the abode of
the unbelievers?
[29.69] And (as for) those who strive hard for Us, We will
most certainly guide them in Our ways; and Allah is most
surely with the doers of good.