Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 129
Quran 26:129 · The Poets · Makki · Para 19 · Page 372
وَتَتَّخِذُوْنَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُوْنَ ۟ۚ
Transliteration
Watattakhithoona masaniAAalaAAallakum takhludoon
Saheeh International
And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
“And why do you build forts and palaces as if you were to live forever in this world, never to depart from it?”
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 26:123–26:135 together — read it on 26:123