Surah's In Qur'an The Lesson's And Hadith's

29: (Al-'Ankabut)- The Spider

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim.

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord of the 'Alamîn . The Only Owner of the Day of Recompense. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help. Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray .

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29: (Al-'Ankabut)- The Spider

(The Spider)No. 29 

(Revealed at Mecca)

69 Verses in 7 Sections

This Surah was revealed in Mecca and contains sixty nine verses. The names of some of Suras such as Al-Baqarah Al-Fil, An-Naml, and An-Nahl, have been taken from the names of the animals which are mentioned somehow in these verses.

In verse No. 41 of this Surah, the construction of Polytheism is counted the frailest building like the house of spider and, thus, this Surah has been nominated as Surah 'Ankabut.

This Surah speaks about a few subjects, such as: Faith, the man's duty, the Divine trial, the history of some prophets, prohibition of unfair disputes, and relying on other than Allah.

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The sura has been named Ankabut because of ayat no.41 which talks of the fragility of the false gods, comparing them to the web of a spider.

Commentators of the Holy Qur'an state that this sura talks about the following main subjects;

1. The trial of a believer and the distinguishing factors of hypocrites.

In difficult times the real believers can be separated from those who only claim belief.

2. Narrations of previous Prophets and the opposition faced by them. This is to inspire true believers to face troubles and obstacles in the way of Allah.

3. Oneness of Allah and the signs of Allah in His creation.

The sura also briefly covers other topics.

Overall the sura is meant to strengthen believers in their dedication to the right path.

Whoever recites suras Ankabut and Rum on the 23rd night of Ramadhan will certainly be among the people of Paradise without any exception . . . and surely these two suras have a high position with Allah. Imam Ja'far as­ Sadiq (a)

Recitation of Sura al ­Ankabut with understanding brings about an increase in faith and sincerity in actions. These two effects of the sura have an impact on a believer's life and help make him/her steadfast on the path of Allah.

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Virtues

Majma'-ul-Bayan narrates a noble tradition from the holy Prophet (S) who said:

"Whoever recites Surah 'Ankabut will have ten good rewards as the number of all believers and hypocrites."

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Benefits

The first 11 ayaat of this Surah are 'madani' and the rest were revealed in Makkah. This Surah has a total of 69 verses. In the commentary of Burhan it is narrated from Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) that whoever recites Surah al-'Ankabut on the 23rd night of the month of Ramadhan, will enter Jannah without any questioning.