Quran 26:128 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 128
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place?
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, do you build on every prominence a sign, sporting,
- Muhammad Asad
- “Will you, in your wanton folly, build [idolatrous] altars on every height,
- Sahih International
- Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَتَبْنُونَatabnūna | Do you construct | بني |
| 2 | بِكُلِّbikulli | on every | كلل |
| 3 | رِيعٍrīʿin | elevation | ريع |
| 4 | ءَايَةًۭāyatan | a sign | أيي |
| 5 | تَعْبَثُونَtaʿbathūna | amusing yourselves | عبث |