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Surah 26. Ash-Shuara, Ayah 129

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وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
Watattakhi th oona ma sa niAAa laAAallakum takhludoon a
and make for yourselves mighty castles, [hoping] that you might become immortal?57
  - Mohammad Asad

The meaning could be either "hoping that you might live in them forever", or "that you might gain immortal renown for having built them".

Are you building strong fortresses as if you are going to live here forever?
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
and construct castles, as if you are going to live forever,
  - Mustafa Khattab
And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
"And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living therein (forever)?
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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