The Spider (, ) is the 29th chapter (surah) of the Quran with 69 verses (āyāt). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which indicates a revelation in Mecca as opposed to Medina. Early Muslims were persecuted in Mecca where Muhammed was not a leader, and not persecuted in Medina, where he was a protected leader. The surah states that Nuh, Ibrahim, Lut, Shuaib, Hud, Saleh, Musa and Muhammad all were prophets of God. All of them endured hardships. For example, Noah was ridiculed often and Abraham was thrown into the fire. But God destroyed their people who transgressed. As it says in verse 40, So each We punished for his sin; of them was he on whom We sent down a violent storm, and of them was he whom the rumbling overtook, and of them was he whom We made to be swallowed up by the earth, and of them was he whom We drowned; and it did not beseem Allah that He should be unjust to them, but they were unjust to their own souls. Summary 1-2 Religious faith is proved by trials 3 Evil deeds will surely be punished 4-7 The righteous shall be rewarded for their good deeds 8 Parents not to be obeyed when they oppose God's law 9 Salvation by faith and good works 10-11 Hypocrites exposed and rebuked 12-13 Unbelievers shall be punished for deceiving others by false promises 14-15 The enemies of Noah drowned for their unbelief 16 Abraham preached against idolatry 17 Abraham accused of being an impostor 18-19 He shows the idolaters how God's power is manifested in nature 20-22 He declares that none shall escape the judgment of God 23 His people attempt to burn him, but God saves him 24 He discourses against the idolatry of his people 25 Lot believes in Abraham, who determines to fly his country 26 God gives Abraham descendants who possess the gift of prophecy and the Scriptures 27-34 The story of Lot and his ministry in Sodom 35-36 Shuaib's ministry to the unbelieving Madianites 37 Ád and Thamúd destroyed in unbelief 38 Qárún, Pharaoh, and Hámán destroyed in unbelief 39 Various means by which God destroyed infidels 40 Idolatry likened to a spider's web 41 God knoweth the idols worshipped by men 42, 43 God's works and signs only understood by