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How many times is the Spider mentioned in the Qur’an?
2
The Spider is mentioned twice in the Qur’an, in 1 verses across 1 surahs.
Counts ‘ankabūt (spider). Surah 29 is named Al-‘Ankabut after it.
- Times
- 2
- Verses
- 1
- Surahs
- 1
- First
- 29:41
What was counted
| Word | Times | Translated as | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| عَنكَبُوت | 2 | spider | ع ن ك ب |
Most mentions: Al-'Ankabut (2).
Every mention
- 29:41 · Al-'Ankabutٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ the spiderThe example of those who take allies other than Allah is like that of the spider who takes a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.
- 29:41 · Al-'Ankabutٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ ۖ (of) the spiderThe example of those who take allies other than Allah is like that of the spider who takes a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.
How we count
Each Qur’an word built on the words above counts once, in any form (singular, dual or plural, with or without prefixes such as wa- or al-). Counts published elsewhere often differ because they count different forms or phrases. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.
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