Striking similes with the fly, the spider, and the mosquito in the Qur'an

Question:
I seek refuge in Allah from the intended meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted from Surat al-Baqarah: It comes out of the gourd.

Answer:
He struck a simile with the fly, which is the smallest thing. And in His saying, the Exalted: They said: "The Qur'an is this; this is what Muhammad says." He strikes similes with insects, with the spider, and with the fly. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, responded to them and said: Nothing prevents Him, Glorified and Exalted is He, from striking similes with these things, because He wants to make matters clear to His servants, to make clear to them the falsity of shirk (associating partners with Allah). So He struck the simile of the fly to show that the idols cannot create anything, even the most trivial of things, which is the fly. And that the polytheists, in taking gods, are like the spider that made its home in the web; the web does not protect it from the sun, nor from the rain, nor from the wind. Nor from the wind. Likewise, the idols do not benefit their owners. This is the intended meaning: the response to those who object to striking similes in the Qur'an.