"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." (Q1O:24).
The spider's house is one of the wonderful signs of Allah's creation. It is made up of fine silk threads spun out of silk glands in' the spider's body. There are many kinds of spiders and many kinds of spider's houses. 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 ordinarily called a spider's web, consisting of a central point with radiating threads running in all directions and acting as tie-beams to the quasi-circular concentric threads that form the body of the web. This is his hunting 'box. The whole structure exemplifies economy in time. material and strength. If an insect is caught in the net, the vibration set up in the radiating threads is at once communicated to the spider, who can come and kill his prey.
Still, the spider's most cunning architecture cannot stand against the slightest force. Just as the cobweb cannot stand the slightest interference by even the little finger of a day old baby, so will the toy-house of man's expectation and schemes collapse in its first clash with the scheme of Allah. Whatever props upon which a man places his trust and reliance other than Allah is only akin to weaving a cobweb to stop an ocean surge. Allah is the owner of power and authority and His support is the only support which is reliable. "
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited