Mazhara
24th April 2008, 08:21 PM
ÈóíúÊõ ٱáúÚóäßóÈõæÊö Perception and meanings; it is NOT Spider's Web.
ÈöÓãö ٱááå ÇáÑøóÍúãٰäö ÇáÑøóÍöíÜãö
Beginning is with the Personal Name of Allah, ÇáÑøóÍúãٰäö {Ar Rehman} Who is Most Merciful.
Grand Quran has given an example to elaborate the psyche/conduct of certain people:
ãóËóáõ ٱáøóÐöíäó ٱÊøóÎóÐõæÇú ãöä Ïõæäö ٱááøóåö ÃóæúáöíóÂÁó ßóãóËóáö ٱáúÚóäßóÈõæÊö ٱÊøóÎóÐóÊú ÈóíúÊÇð æóÅöäøó Ãóæúåóäó ٱáúÈõíõæÊö áóÈóíúÊõ ٱáúÚóäßóÈõæÊö áóæú ßóÇäõæÇú íóÚúáóãõæäó
"The example of those people who have adopted/perceived as protectors/god fathers other than Allah is like a peculiar female spider who adopted a house. And indeed the flimsiest house is that adopted house of the female spider if they know/have the information" {Refer 29:41}
After translating the words ßóãóËóáö ٱáúÚóäßóÈõæÊö ٱÊøóÎóÐóÊú ÈóíúÊÇð to mean that spider builds/makes a house it is explained in the exegeses in Urdu and English that the spider's web is the weakest of the houses. But the fact of the matter is that there is not a single word which could make us infer that Quran has referred to "Spider's web". Quran has not even said that spider makes or builds a house. It has said that ٱÊøóÎóÐóÊú ÈóíúÊÇ "she acquired/seized/took/adopted a house". ÇöÊøóÎóÐóÊú is past, feminine, singular; its Root is "à ΠÐ" which signifies to take, receive, get, seize, capture, acquire, adopt. This has been used in relation to ٱÊøóÎóÐõæÇú which is also past, masculine, plural from the same Root which has correctly been translated as "take, choose, accept". Lane's Lexicon also translated it as "Spider's Web"
Web of the Spider is not a house but it is a trap. A trap is built, constructed, structured, and made. One could infer "Spider's web" if the words used were "ÈíøóÊ ÇáÈíÊ""constructed a house". Male and female spider do not live together as a family therefore there can't be a question of family mansion. Male and female construct/ build traps individually and separately. Male and female belonging to even the same specie do not come closer when overpowered by the desire of mating. They first introduce and recognize each other before coming closer for love and sex…………………….more
http://haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/002.%20Meanings%20and%20Tabweeb%20of%20words/008.%20Baitil%20ankaboot%20Spider/08.%20Baitil%20Ankaboot%20Spider.htm
ÈöÓãö ٱááå ÇáÑøóÍúãٰäö ÇáÑøóÍöíÜãö
Beginning is with the Personal Name of Allah, ÇáÑøóÍúãٰäö {Ar Rehman} Who is Most Merciful.
Grand Quran has given an example to elaborate the psyche/conduct of certain people:
ãóËóáõ ٱáøóÐöíäó ٱÊøóÎóÐõæÇú ãöä Ïõæäö ٱááøóåö ÃóæúáöíóÂÁó ßóãóËóáö ٱáúÚóäßóÈõæÊö ٱÊøóÎóÐóÊú ÈóíúÊÇð æóÅöäøó Ãóæúåóäó ٱáúÈõíõæÊö áóÈóíúÊõ ٱáúÚóäßóÈõæÊö áóæú ßóÇäõæÇú íóÚúáóãõæäó
"The example of those people who have adopted/perceived as protectors/god fathers other than Allah is like a peculiar female spider who adopted a house. And indeed the flimsiest house is that adopted house of the female spider if they know/have the information" {Refer 29:41}
After translating the words ßóãóËóáö ٱáúÚóäßóÈõæÊö ٱÊøóÎóÐóÊú ÈóíúÊÇð to mean that spider builds/makes a house it is explained in the exegeses in Urdu and English that the spider's web is the weakest of the houses. But the fact of the matter is that there is not a single word which could make us infer that Quran has referred to "Spider's web". Quran has not even said that spider makes or builds a house. It has said that ٱÊøóÎóÐóÊú ÈóíúÊÇ "she acquired/seized/took/adopted a house". ÇöÊøóÎóÐóÊú is past, feminine, singular; its Root is "à ΠÐ" which signifies to take, receive, get, seize, capture, acquire, adopt. This has been used in relation to ٱÊøóÎóÐõæÇú which is also past, masculine, plural from the same Root which has correctly been translated as "take, choose, accept". Lane's Lexicon also translated it as "Spider's Web"
Web of the Spider is not a house but it is a trap. A trap is built, constructed, structured, and made. One could infer "Spider's web" if the words used were "ÈíøóÊ ÇáÈíÊ""constructed a house". Male and female spider do not live together as a family therefore there can't be a question of family mansion. Male and female construct/ build traps individually and separately. Male and female belonging to even the same specie do not come closer when overpowered by the desire of mating. They first introduce and recognize each other before coming closer for love and sex…………………….more
http://haqeeqat.org.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/002.%20Meanings%20and%20Tabweeb%20of%20words/008.%20Baitil%20ankaboot%20Spider/08.%20Baitil%20Ankaboot%20Spider.htm