Al-Hijr Verse 82

They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure.

They carved houses in the mountains, feeling secure.

They were hewing the mountains into houses, therein dwelling securely;

They carved out dwellings in the mountains, and lived in security-

And they were hewing out houses from mountains feeling secure.

Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.

They used to hew out houses from the mountains and lived in security.

They used to hew dwellings in the mountains to live in security.

And they used to carve dwellings in the hills, without fear.

They used to hew out dwellings from mountains feeling secure.

They hewed out dwellings in the mountains, feeling themselves secure (against any calamity).

And they (in search of a life of peace and security,) used to hew some parts of the mountains into houses feeling secure (therein).

And they were carving out/cutting from the mountains houses/homes safely/securely.

And they used to carve dwellings in the hills, without fear.

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountain to dwell in safety.

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains (feeling themselves) secure.

And We gave them Our messages, but they turned away from them:

And they hewed houses in the mountains in security.

And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure.

They would carve secure houses out of the mountains.

They hewed their dwellings out of the mountains in safety.

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains, (feeling) secure.

They carved out dwellings in the mountains, and lived in security --

They used to carve homes in the mountains, feeling secure.

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains, feeling secure.

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains, (feeling) secure.

meaning, they were without fear and they had no real need for those houses; it was merely a form of extravagance and work without a purpose. This could be seen from their work in the houses in the Al-Hijr through which the Messenger of Allah passed on his way to Tabuk. He covered his head and urged his camel to go faster, saying to his Companions;

لَاا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ الْقَوْمِ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ فَإِنَّ لَمْ تَبْكُوا فَتَبَاكُوا خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مَا أَصَابَهُم

Do not enter the dwellings of those who were punished unless you are weeping, and if you do not weep then make yourself weep out of fear that perhaps what struck them may also strike you.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ