Spider’s Web the Fragile Home
From the physical point of view, the spider’s house is the weakest house of all.
– It is made out of a number of very delicate silk threads
These threads are interwoven, leaving large separating spaces at most times
– It does not protect from the heat of the sun, or the extreme cold. These threads do not form adequate shade, nor protect from the rain, storming winds, or the dangers of attackers. This is despite the miraculous building of this house
The weakness is in the spider’s house and not the threads; for Allah calls it the flimsiest of homes. This is a clear indication that the weakness and frailty are within the spider’s house and not the spider’s threads.
This is a very precise indication. The threads of the spider’s house are made of very delicate silk. The thickness of one thread is usually one millionth of the squared inch, or one part of four thousand parts of the thickness of the ordinary human hair.
Despite its delicacy, it is the strongest biological substance known to mankind so far. The silk threads which make up the spider’s web are considered stronger than steel, and their strength is surpassed only by the melted quartz. The thin thread stretches to five times its length before it is cut. Therefore, the scientists call it “biological steel “or “bio-steel”. It is twenty times stronger than the ordinary metal steel. Its tolerance measures 300,000 pounds for the square inch. Hypothetically speaking, should there be a thick rope of the spider’s threads, in the size of the thumb, it can easily carry a “jumbo” jet!
From the spiritual point of view, a spider’s house is the most fragile of all houses.
– It is deprived of notions of love and mercy; the basis for any happy family
– In some species, the female spider kills the male immediately after the fertilization process
– The female devours the male’s body, since the former is larger and fiercer than the latter
– In some cases, the female mercilessly eats its offspring. In other cases, the female dies after the complete fertilization of the eggs that it usually carries in a silk sac
– When the eggs hatch, the spiderlings come out to find themselves in an extremely crowded place. The siblings then start fighting over food and/or space, until the battle ends with the survival of only a few spiderlings. Those then shed their skin, break the wall of the egg sac and leave one after another, carrying along unpleasant memories
– When the mother dies, the spiderlings feed on her body. Afterwards, the spiderlings spread out in the surrounding environment. Every surviving female starts building its web. Those who survive go through the same tragic experience all over again, which makes the spider’s house the most brutal
Allah the Almighty has set the spider’s house as an example of fragility and frailty because of the lack of strong family ties and lack of notions of mercy among members of the family. He gives the example of the house of the spider and warns the believers of the flimsiness of relying on any other than Allah being similar to relying on the house of the spider to give one protection.
Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
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