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Ash-Shu'ara 128

Ayah 128 of 227 · Meccan

أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ ١٢٨

Do you construct on every elevation a sign,1 amusing yourselves,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., a symbol or indication of their wealth and power. They used to build lofty structures along the road to be seen by all who passed by.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَتَبۡنُونَDo you constructatabnūna
  2. بِكُلِّon everybikulli
  3. رِيعٍelevationrīʿin
  4. ءَايَةٗa signāyatan
  5. تَعۡبَثُونَamusing yourselvestaʿbathūna

Tafsir

“Why are you building upon every elevated, overlooking place a building as a marker, unnecessarily, without any benefit in it for you in the world or the afterlife?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran