Quran 26:129 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 129
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and do you take to you castles, haply to dwell forever?
- Muhammad Asad
- and make for yourselves mighty castles, [hoping] that you might become immortal?
- Sahih International
- And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَتَتَّخِذُونَwatattakhidhūna | And take for yourselves | أخذ |
| 2 | مَصَانِعَmaṣāniʿa | strongholds | صنع |
| 3 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | that you may | — |
| 4 | تَخْلُدُونَtakhludūna | live forever | خلد |