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Nouman Ali Khan

Striking Examples in the Quran #16 Like Flies In A Trap

Nouman Ali Khan

Muslim Central

Islam, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Salaamu alaqaulah, Allaha, Allaha, Allah,

0:09.2

and Salao, and a russulah, and all his and hishbih, Ajaeimabeen, or ma'aad.

0:14.3

There are two things I wanted to do today and separate the two from each other.

0:18.7

There's also an imam's program happening today, so instead of challenging you to not fall asleep for an hour,

0:25.6

I'm going to challenge you to not fall asleep for maybe 20, 25 minutes today, inshallah.

0:30.6

But what I want to do is there are some observations about the parable of the spider that were outstanding.

0:36.6

So I'll try to cover some of them first, and if we get time, then we'll move to the next parable of the spider that were outstanding. So I'll try to cover some of them first.

0:39.3

And if we get time, then we'll move to the next parable,

0:41.3

inshallah, which belongs to Srut al-Rum.

0:44.3

So let's begin with some of the things that I think are also important to note

0:48.3

about the house of the spider, and the weakest of homes

0:51.3

is the house of the spider that Allah was talking about yesterday.

0:55.0

You'll notice that Allah is using the smallest creature, this really puny creature, and then he's using that to make comments about sometimes even the greatest empires.

1:07.0

Right? So even kingdoms and large empires would have a king, and to hold on to his power, he starts suspecting his brother, and he starts suspecting his other family members, and then gets them killed to hold on to his power.

1:22.2

And what does the spider do to maintain?

1:25.2

Because the spider was only created to be a trap.

1:28.9

In fact, it even becomes a trap for those who live within the kingdom, right?

1:33.4

And so it eats them alive, right?

1:36.1

So what that tells us is you've got the smallest creature with the least amount of physical

1:41.2

power, and then you've got the greatest example of power, and it applies to both, which means it applies to everything in between also.

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