Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:128 — translation and meaning
الشعراء · Verse 128 / 227 · Page 372
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
Word by Word
أَتَبْنُونَ
atabnuna
Do you construct
بِكُلِّ
bikulli
on every
رِيعٍ
ri'in
elevation
آيَةً
ayatan
a sign
تَعْبَثُونَ
ta'bathuna
amusing yourselves
Transliteration
Atabnoona bikulli ree'in aayatan ta'basoon
Translation
Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,
Verse interpretation (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?”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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