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النكت والعيون

Al-Māwardī

أبو الحسن الماوردي (ت ٤٥٠ هـ)

Sets out the possible meanings of a verse as a numbered list, and weighs them.

Al-ʿAnkabūt 29:40 Juzʾ 20 Page 401

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allah would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.

Read in the muṣḥaf

قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ يَعْنِي آلِهَةً مِنَ الأصْنامِ والأوْثانِ عَبَدُوها.

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ يَعْنِي أنَّهم عَبَدُوا ما لا يُغْنِي عَنْهم شَيْئًا كَبَيْتِ العَنْكَبُوتِ الَّذِي لا يَدْفَعُ شَيْئًا وهو مِن أبْلَغِ الأمْثالِ فِيهِمْ.

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ لِأنَّهُ يَسْتُرُ الإبْصارَ ولا يَدْفَعُ الأيْدِيَ، وقَدْ حُكِيَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ أنَّ العَنْكَبُوتَ شَيْطانٌ مَسْخَها اللَّهَ.

(p-٢٨٤)وَقالَ عَطاءٌ: نَسَجَتِ العَنْكَبُوتُ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّةً عَلى داوُدَ، ومَرَّةً عَلى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ . وجَمْعُ العَنْكَبُوتِ عَناكِبُ وتَصْغِيرُهُ عُنَيْكَبٌ.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-ʿAnkabūt 29:40