Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء) • The Poets

Quran 26:129

26:129

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūna

And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?

— Saheeh International

Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And do you get for yourselves palaces (fine buildings) as if you will live therein for ever.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 19Page 372meccan

Word by Word

وَتَتَّخِذُونَwatattakhidhūnaAnd take for yourselves
مَصَانِعَmaṣāniʿastrongholds
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumthat you may
تَخْلُدُونَtakhludūnalive forever