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وَتَتَّخِذُوْنَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُوْنَۚ   ( الشعراء: ١٢٩ )

watattakhidhūna
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ
And take for yourselves
maṣāniʿa
مَصَانِعَ
strongholds
laʿallakum
لَعَلَّكُمْ
that you may
takhludūna
تَخْلُدُونَ
live forever?

Wa tattakhizoona masaani'a la'allakum takhludoon (aš-Šuʿarāʾ 26:129)

Sahih International:

And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally? (Ash-Shu'ara [26] : 129)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

and take the objects of architecture as if you are going to live forever,