Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:128

The Poets · Verse 128 of 227 · Juz 19 · Page 372

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

Do you build on every prominence every high place a monument an edifice as a signpost for passers-by so that you may hurl abuse? at those who pass by you and deride them ta‘bathūna is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb tabnūna ‘you build’.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 26:128, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.