Ash-Shuara (الشعراء)

Verse 128 of 227

Chapter 26 - The Poets

128

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ

Atabnoona bikulli ree'in aayatan ta'basoon

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

Quran 26:128 - Surah Ash-Shuara

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Surrounding Verses

126

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

So fear Allah and obey me.

127

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

128

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةًۭ تَعْبَثُونَ

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

129

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?

130

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.