English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
‘And do you erect palaces as though you will live forever?
English - Five Volume Translation
And do you erect palaces as though you will live forever?
Important Words:
مصانع (palaces) is the plural of مصنعة which is derived from صنع . They say صنع الشیء i.e. he made, wrought, constructed or manufactured the thing or he made it skilfully or well. مصانع means, a kind of tanks or reservoirs for collecting rainwater. The word also means towns, fortresses or palaces. They say ھو من اھل المصانع i.e. he is of the people of the towns. It also signifies factories and great chemical works (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
This, the preceding, and the following verse show that the Adites were a powerful and cultured people. They had made great progress in science in their time. They built fortresses, palatial buildings and great reservoirs. They had their summer residences, their factories and mechanical works. They were specially advanced in architecture. They invented new weapons and implements of war and erected great monuments. In short, like the present-day nations of the west, they possessed all the complicated paraphernalia of a highly advanced civilization. They made great strides in knowledge but they consigned to oblivion the one supreme lesson of history, viz. that nations derive their real strength not from material things but from high ideals and good morals. As they became morally corrupt and spiritually depraved and turned a deaf ear to the warning of their Prophet to mend their ways, so they fell a victim to that terrible doom which is the inevitable lot of those who ignore Divine warning.
English - Short Commentary Translation
‘And do you erect palaces as if you will live for ever?’
This, the preceding and the following verse show that the Adites were a powerful and cultured people. They had made great progress in science in their time. They built fortresses, palatial buildings and great reservoirs. They had their summer residences, their factories and mechanical works. They were specially advanced in architecture. They invented new weapons and implements of war and erected great monuments. In short, like the present-day nations of the West, they possessed all the complicated paraphernalia of a highly advanced civilisation. They made great strides in knowledge but they consigned to oblivion the one supreme lesson of history, viz. that nations derive their real strength not from material things but from high ideals and good morals. As they became morally corrupt and spiritually depraved and turned a deaf ear to the warnings of their Prophet to mend their ways, they fell a victim to that terrible doom which is the inevitable lot of those who ignore Divine warning. See {1323}.
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
اور تم (طرح طرح کے) کارخانے لگاتے ہو تاکہ تم ہمیشہ رہو۔
French
Et établissez-vous des usines et développez-vous l’industrie comme si vous alliez vivre pour toujours ?
German
Und errichtet ihr Burgen, als solltet ihr lange leben?
Italian
E costruite fortezze e sviluppate industrie per vivere per sempre?
Spanish
“Y construís fortalezas y montáis industrias para durar para siempre?
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
اور تم بڑے بڑے محل بناتے ہو‘ تا کہ تم ہمیشہ قائم رہو۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
اور بڑے بڑے قصر تعمیر کرتے ہو گویا تمہیں ہمیشہ رہنا ہے
English - Sahih
And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
اوربڑے بڑے محل بناتے ہو شاید کہ تم ہمیشہ رہو گے
English - Talal Itani
And take for yourselves strongholds that you may live forever?
English - Arberry
and do you take to you castles, haply to dwell forever?
English - Maududi
and erect huge palaces as though you will live for ever,
English - Ahmed Ali
Erect palaces (thinking) that you will live for ever,
English - Yusuf Ali
"And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living therein (for ever)?
English - Five Volume Commentary *
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Important Words:
مصانع (palaces) is the plural of مصنعة which is derived from صنع . They say صنع الشیء i.e. he made, wrought, constructed or manufactured the thing or he made it skilfully or well. مصانع means, a kind of tanks or reservoirs for collecting rainwater. The word also means towns, fortresses or palaces. They say ھو من اھل المصانع i.e. he is of the people of the towns. It also signifies factories and great chemical works (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
This, the preceding, and the following verse show that the Adites were a powerful and cultured people. They had made great progress in science in their time. They built fortresses, palatial buildings and great reservoirs. They had their summer residences, their factories and mechanical works. They were specially advanced in architecture. They invented new weapons and implements of war and erected great monuments. In short, like the present-day nations of the west, they possessed all the complicated paraphernalia of a highly advanced civilization. They made great strides in knowledge but they consigned to oblivion the one supreme lesson of history, viz. that nations derive their real strength not from material things but from high ideals and good morals. As they became morally corrupt and spiritually depraved and turned a deaf ear to the warning of their Prophet to mend their ways, so they fell a victim to that terrible doom which is the inevitable lot of those who ignore Divine warning.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
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This, the preceding and the following verse show that the Adites were a powerful and cultured people. They had made great progress in science in their time. They built fortresses, palatial buildings and great reservoirs. They had their summer residences, their factories and mechanical works. They were specially advanced in architecture. They invented new weapons and implements of war and erected great monuments. In short, like the present-day nations of the West, they possessed all the complicated paraphernalia of a highly advanced civilisation. They made great strides in knowledge but they consigned to oblivion the one supreme lesson of history, viz. that nations derive their real strength not from material things but from high ideals and good morals. As they became morally corrupt and spiritually depraved and turned a deaf ear to the warnings of their Prophet to mend their ways, they fell a victim to that terrible doom which is the inevitable lot of those who ignore Divine warning. See {1323}.
English - Pickthall
And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?
English - Muhammad Ali ra
And you make fortresses that you may abide.
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
And erect palaces as though you will live for ever?