الشعراء
Ash-Shu'ara
Surah 26
Verse 129
الشعراء
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
English - Five Volume Translation
English - Short Commentary Translation
English - Topics
26:129
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
‘Do you build monuments on every high place seeking vain glory,
English - Five Volume Translation
Do you build monuments on every high place, seeking vain glory.[2772]
Important Words:
ریع (high place) is derived from راع which means, it increased or augmented; it prospered or throve, it was in flourishing circumstances. ریع means, a high or elevated place; a road of any kind; or a mountain-path; the channel of the torrent of a valley from any high place (Lane, Aqrab & Mufradat).
For تعبثون (seeking vainglory) see 23:116.
English - Short Commentary Translation
‘Do you build monuments on every high place, seeking vain glory?’