The
Spider
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
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Alif. Lam. Mim.
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Do men imagine that they will be left (at ease)
because they say, We believe, and will not be tested with affliction
?
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Lo! We tested those who were before you. Thus
Allah knoweth those who are sincere, and knoweth those who feign.
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Or do those who do ill-deeds imagine that they
can outstrip Us ? Evil (for them) is that which they
decide.
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Whoso looketh forward to the meeting with Allah
(let him know that) Allah’s reckoning is surely nigh, and He is the Hearer, the
Knower.
[29:6]
And whosoever striveth, striveth only for
himself, for lo! Allah is altogether Independent of (His) creatures.
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And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall remit from them their evil deeds and shall repay
them the best that they did.
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We have enjoined on man kindness to parents; but
if they strive to make thee join with Me that of which
thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Unto Me is
your return and I shall tell you what ye used to do.
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And as for those who believe and do good works, We verily shall make them enter in among the righteous.
[29:10]
Of mankind is he who saith: We believe in Allah,
but, if he be made to suffer for the sake of Allah, he mistaketh the
persecution of mankind for Allah’s punishment; and then, if victory cometh from
thy Lord, will say: Lo! we were with you (all the
while). Is not Allah Best Aware of what is in the bosoms of (His) creatures ?
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Verily Allah knoweth those who believe, and
verily He knoweth the hypocrites.
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Those who disbelieve say unto those who believe:
Follow our way (of religion) and we verily will bear your sins (for you). They
cannot bear aught of their sins. Lo! they verily are
liars.
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But they verily will bear their own loads and
other loads beside their own, and they verily will be questioned on the Day of
Resurrection concerning that which they invented.
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And verily we sent Noah (as Our
messenger) unto his folk, and he continued with them for a thousand years save
fifty years; and the flood engulfed them, for they were wrong-doers.
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And We rescued him and
those with him in the ship, and made of it a portent for the peoples.
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And Abraham! (Remember) when he said unto his
folk: Serve Allah, and keep your duty unto Him; that is better for you if ye
did but know.
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Ye serve instead of Allah only idols, and ye
only invent a lie. Lo! those whom ye serve instead of
Allah own no provision for you. So seek your provision from Allah, and serve
Him, and give thanks unto Him, (for) unto Him ye will be brought back.
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But if ye deny, then nations have denied before
you. The messenger is only to convey (the message) plainly.
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See they not how Allah produceth creation, then
reproduceth it ? Lo! for
Allah that is easy.
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Say (O Muhammad): Travel in the land and see how
He originated creation, then Allah bringeth forth the later growth. Lo! Allah
is Able to do all things.
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He punisheth whom He will and showeth mercy unto
whom He will, and unto Him ye will be turned.
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Ye cannot escape (from Him) in the earth or in
the sky, and beside Allah there is for you no friend or helper.
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Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah
and in (their) Meeting with Him, such have no hope of My
mercy. For such there is a painful doom.
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But the answer of his folk was only that they
said: "Kill him" or "Burn him." Then Allah saved him from
the Fire. Lo! herein verily are portents for folk who
believe.
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He said: Ye have chosen only idols instead of
Allah. The love between you is only in the life of the world. Then on the Day
of Resurrection ye will deny each other and curse each other, and your abode
will be the Fire, and ye will have no helpers.
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And
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And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and We established
the prophethood and the Scripture among his seed, and We gave him his reward in
the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he verily is among the righteous.
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And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk:
Lo! ye commit lewdness such as no creature did before you.
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For come ye not in unto males, and cut ye not
the road (for travellers), and commit ye not abomination in your meetings ? But
the answer of his folk was only that they said: Bring Allah’s doom upon us if
thou art a truthteller!
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He said: My Lord! Give me victory over folk who
work corruption.
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And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good
news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for
its people are wrong-doers.
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He said: Lo!
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And when Our messengers came unto
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Lo! We are about to bring down upon the folk of
this township a fury from the sky because they are evil-livers.
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And verily of that We have left a clear sign for
people who have sense.
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And unto Midian We sent Shu’eyb, their brother.
He said: O my people! Serve Allah, and look forward to the Last Day, and do not
evil, making mischief, in the earth.
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But they denied him, and the dreadful earthquake
took them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling place.
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And (the tribes of) A’ad and Thamud! (Their fate)
is manifest unto you from their (ruined and deserted) dwellings. Satan made
their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they
were keen observers.
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And Korah, Pharaoh and Haman! Moses came unto
them with clear proofs (of Allah’s Sovereignty), but they were boastful in the
land. And they were not winners (in the race).
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So We took each one in his sin; of them was he
on whom We sent a hurricane, and of them was he who was overtaken by the
(Awful) Cry, and of them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow, and of
them was he whom We drowned. It was not for Allah to wrong them, but they
wronged themselves.
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The likeness of those who choose other patrons
than Allah is as the likeness of the spider when she taketh unto herself a
house, and lo! the frailest of all houses is the spider’s house, if they but
knew.
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Lo! Allah knoweth what thing they invoke instead
of Him. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
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As for these similitudes, We coin them for
mankind, but none will grasp their meaning save the wise.
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Allah created the heavens and the earth with
truth. Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.
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Recite that which hath been inspired in thee of
the Scripture, and establish worship. Lo! worship preserveth from lewdness and
iniquity, but verily remembrance of Allah is more important. And Allah knoweth
what ye do.
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And argue not with the People of the Scripture
unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and
say: We believe in that which hath been revealed unto us and revealed unto you;
our God and your God is One, and unto Him we surrender.
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In like manner We have revealed unto thee the
Scripture, and those unto whom We gave the Scripture aforetime will believe
therein; and of these (also) there are some who believe therein. And none deny
Our revelations save the disbelievers.
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And thou (O Muhammad) wast not a reader of any
scripture before it, nor didst thou write it with thy right hand, for then
might those have doubted, who follow falsehood.
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But it is clear revelations in the hearts of
those who have been given knowledge, and none deny Our revelations save
wrong-doers.
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And they say: Why are not portents sent down
upon him from his Lord ? Say: Portents are with Allah only, and I am but a
plain warner.
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Is it not enough for them that We have sent down
unto thee the Scripture which is read unto them ? Lo! herein verily is mercy,
and a reminder for folk who believe.
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Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Allah sufficeth for
witness between me and you. He knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and the
earth. And those who believe in vanity and disbelieve in Allah, they it is who
are the losers.
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They bid thee hasten on the doom (of Allah). And
if a term had not been appointed, the doom would assuredly have come unto them
(ere now). And verily it will come upon them suddenly when they perceive not.
[29:54]
They bid thee hasten on the doom, when lo! hell
verily will encompass the disbelievers
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On the day when the doom will overwhelm them
from above them and from underneath their feet, and He will say: Taste what ye
used to do!
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O my bondmen who believe! Lo! My earth is
spacious. Therefor serve Me only.
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Every soul will taste of death. Then unto Us ye
will be returned.
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Those who believe and do good works, them verily
We shall house in lofty dwellings of the Garden underneath which rivers flow.
There they will dwell secure. How sweet the guerdon of the toilers,
[29:59]
Who persevere, and put their trust in their
Lord!
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And how many an animal there is that beareth not
its own provision! Allah provideth for it and for you. He is the Hearer, the
Knower.
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And if thou wert to ask them: Who created the
heavens and the earth, and constrained the sun and the moon (to their appointed
work) ? they would say: Allah. How then are they turned away ?
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Allah maketh the provision wide for whom He will
of His bondmen, and straiteneth it for whom (He will). Lo! Allah is Aware of
all things.
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And if thou wert to ask them: Who causeth water
to come down from the sky, and therewith reviveth the earth after its death ?
they verily would say: Allah. Say: Praise be to Allah! But most of them have no
sense.
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This life of the world is but a pastime and a
game. Lo! the home of the Hereafter - that is Life, if they but knew.
[29:65]
And when they mount upon the ships they pray to
Allah, making their faith pure for Him only, but when He bringeth them safe to
land, behold! they ascribe partners (unto Him),
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That they may disbelieve in that which We have
given them, and that they may take their ease. But they will come to know.
[29:67]
Have they not seen that We have appointed a
sanctuary immune (from violence), while mankind are ravaged all around them ?
Do they then believe in falsehood and disbelieve in the bounty of Allah ?
[29:68]
Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a
lie concerning Allah, or denieth the truth when it cometh unto him ? Is not
there a home in hell for disbelievers ?
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As for those who strive in Us, We surely guide
them to Our paths, and lo! Allah is with the good.