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Al-ʿAnkabūt
العنكبوت"The Spider"
- Number
- 29 of 114
- Verses
- 69
- Revealed
- Makkah
The frail house a believer is asked not to build.
12 passages reference this surah
From 6 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.
Book 39: The Book of Contemplation
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
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"The spider sits in a corner, waiting for prey to fall into the web, and when prey does fall, it quickly seizes it and eats it. Should it be unable to catch prey, the spider seeks a corner on a wall, stretches a thread"
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"How could one possibly encompass all this knowledge? Indeed, if we intended to mention the wonders of creatures like a fly, an ant, a palm tree, or a spider, which are among the lesser creatures, for its construction of its home, its gathering"
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"of food, its affinity with its mate, its storage for itself, its skill in the engineering of its home, and its guidance to its necessities, we would not be able to do so. Consider how a spider builds its web on the bank of a river."
Book 32: Patience and Gratitude
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"is one of these senses, and the eye is its unique instrument. The eye itself consists of ten different layers. Some are liquids, others are membranes. Some membranes resemble spider webs, while others are like the placenta. Some liquids are similar to the white of an"
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"are moved, yet they do not comprehend the exact mechanism. This ignorance prevails except among the discerning, knowledgeable, and deeply established ones. These individuals, with keen sight, perceive fine threads, finer than a spider's web, hanging from the sky,"
Book 8: The Mysteries of Qur'an Recitation
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"And Abu Musa would recite until the time for prayer drew near. When it was said, O commander of the believers, prayer, prayer, he would respond, Are we not already in prayer? Referring to the verse, And remembrance of Allah is greater, from Surah Al-Ankabut."
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"to Al-Ma'idah, on Saturday night with Al-An'am to Hud, on Sunday night with Yusuf to Maryam, on Monday night with Taha to Al-Naml, on Tuesday night with Al-Ankabut to Sa'd, and on Wednesday night with Al-Zumar to Al-Rahman, concluding on Thursday night."
The Story of Musa
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"Haman, and Qarun, but they said, A magician and a liar. In Surah Al-Ankabut, after mentioning Ad and Thamud, Allah says, And Qarun, Pharaoh, and Haman, Moses came to them with clear proofs, but they acted arrogantly in the land, yet"
The Story of Nuh
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"many generations we destroyed after Noah! Insufficient is your Lord as the Knower and Beholder of the sins of His servants. The story is also mentioned in the chapters of the Prophets, the Believers, the Poets, and the Spider."
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"In Surat al-Ankabut, Allah says, And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers."
Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
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"arrived at the cave and observed that the tracks ended there. They saw the spider's web at the mouth of the cave and the nesting dove and said, no one has entered here, and they turned away."
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"the truthful Abu Bakr, a spider spun its web over the entrance of the cave by divine ordinance, and a dove made and laid eggs in a nest. The disbelievers, along with their trackers,"
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