The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 451
CH. 26 إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودُ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولُ آمِينٌ فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ وَمَا اسْلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ أَجْرِى الا على رَبِّ العَلَمِينَ اتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيْعِ ايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ PT. 19 ASH-SHU'ARĀ' 125. When their brother Hūd said to them, 'Will you not be righteous? 126. Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust; 127. So fear Allah, and obey me. 128. "And I ask of you no reward for it. My reward is only with the Lord of the worlds. 129. Do you build monuments on every high place, seeking vain glory. 2772 130. And do you erect palaces you will live as though forever?2773 تَخْلُدُونَ "11:52. 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 & Mufradāt). For (seeking vainglory) see 23:116. built monuments on elevated places (26:129) of which the ruins still exist in Arabia. (4) The territory in which these people lived was called Aḥqāf (46:22) which literally means meandering and zigzag sandhills. (5) They were destroyed by a violent wind which continued to blow over their territory consecutively for seven days, burying their chief cities which is derived from. They say under heaps of sand and dust (69:7-i. e. he made, wrought, 8). (6) The history of these people constructed or manufactured the thing has now become wrapped obscurity (46:26). 2772. Important Words: in 2773. Important Words: مصنعة palaces) is the plural of) مصانع مصانع. or he made it skilfully or well means, a kind of tanks or reservoirs for collecting rainwater. The word also means towns, fortresses or i. e. he هو من اهل المصانع palaces. They says | ا high place is derived from) ريع which means, it increased or augmented; it prospered or throve, it was in flourishing circumstances. works (Lane & Aqrab). is of the people of the towns. It also signifies factories and great chemical 2365