Ash-Shu'araa 26:129
The Poets · ayah 129 of 227
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
Watattakhithoona masaniAAalaAAallakum takhludoon
"And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?"
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
""And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living therein (for ever)?"