And each of them shall come unto Him on the day of resurrection, alone.[64]
†Verily those who have believed and have done the things that are right, on them the Compassionate will bestow [His] love.
(xix. 91-96.)
XV.
O men of Mekkeh, a parable is propounded, wherefore hearken unto it. Verily, those idols which ye invoke beside God can never create a fly, although they assembled for it: and if the fly carry off from them aught,[65] they cannot recover the same from it. Weak are the seeker and the sought!
(xxii. 72.)
XVI.
The likeness of those who take to themselves Tutelars[66] instead of God is as the likeness of the spider, which maketh for herself a dwelling; and the frailest of dwellings surely is the dwelling of the spider! If they knew[67]——!
Verily God knoweth whatever thing they invoke in His stead; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.