Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 129 (26:129)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

Quran 26:129 is ayah 129 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 372 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:129
وَتَتَّخِذُونَمَصَانِعَلَعَلَّكُمْتَخْلُدُونَ١٢٩
watattakhidhūna maṣāniʿa laʿallakum takhludūna

And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?(129)

Word by word

  1. وَتَتَّخِذُونَwatattakhidhūnaAnd take for yourselves
  2. مَصَانِعَmaṣāniʿastrongholds
  3. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumthat you may
  4. تَخْلُدُونَtakhludūnalive forever

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