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Beginning is with Allah's personal name Ar'Reh'maan Who is The Fountain of Infinite Mercy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad [The learned Founder of Ahmadiya Organization]:

Rashad Khalifa [the so called claimant of "messenger of covenant"]

Mohammad Ali:

Sahih International: The example of those who take allies other than Allah is like that of the spider who takes a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.

Pickthall: 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.

Yusuf Ali: 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.

Shakir: 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.

Muhammad Sarwar: The belief of considering other things as one's guardians besides God is as feeble as a spider's web. The spider's web is the frailest of all dwellings, if only they knew it.

Mohsin Khan: The likeness of those who take Auliya' (protectors and helpers) other than Allah is as the likeness of a spider, who builds (for itself) a house, but verily, the frailest (weakest) of houses is the spider's house; if they but knew.

Arberry: The likeness of those who have taken to them protectors, apart from God, is as the likeness of the spider that takes to itself a house; and surely the frailest of houses is the house of the spider, did they but know.

The traditional manner of its translation and explanation has all along been like this:  

YUSUF ALI: 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.{[3466 The Spider's house is one of the wonderful signs of Allah's creation. It is made up fine silk threads spun out of silk glands in the spider's body. There are many kinds of spiders and many kinds of spider houses. Two main types of houses may be mentioned. There is the tubular nest or web, a silk-lined house or burrow with one or two trap-doors. This may be called his residential or family mansion. Then there is what is called spider's web.....The female spider is much bigger than the male, and in Arabic the generic gender 'Ankaboot is feminine" [Reference Computer CD "Alim" ISl Software Corp. U.S.A]                 

Muhammad Sarwar: The belief of considering other things as one's guardians besides God is as feeble as a spider's web. The spider's web is the frailest of all dwellings, if only they knew it.

Lane's Lexicon also translated it as "Spider's Web"                              

تفسير الجلالين

{ مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ } أي أصناماً يرجون نفعها { كَمَثَلِ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتاً } لنفسها تأوي إليه { وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ } أضعف { ٱلْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ } لا يدفع عنها حرًّا ولا برداً كذلك الأصنام لا تنفع عابديها { لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ } ذلك ما عبدوها.

"The likeness of those who choose besides God [other] patrons, namely, idols, from whom they hope to profit, is as the likeness of the spider that makes a home, for itself in which to shelter. And truly the frailest, the weakest, of homes is the home of the spider, for it neither protects it from heat nor cold - likewise, idols cannot benefit those who worship them - if they only know, this, they would not worship them"

ابن كثير  تفسير

هذا مثل ضربه الله تعالى للمشركين في اتخاذهم آلهة من دون الله يرجون نصرهم ورزقهم، ويتمسكون بهم في الشدائد، فهم في ذلك كبيت العنكبوت في ضعفه ووهنه، فليس في أيدي هؤلاء من آلهتهم، إلا كمن يتمسك ببيت العنكبوت،