The example of those who took the idols instead of Allah as protectors they hoping for its victory, is like the example of the spider which made a house for itself to preserve it, but it did not avail from it anything at its need for it, so likewise these polytheists their protectors whom they took them instead of Allah did not avail from them anything, and indeed the weakest of houses is surely the house of the spider, had they been knowing that they would not have taken them as protectors, for they do not benefit them and do not harm them.