Surah Ash-Shu'ara — Ayah 129 (26:129)
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ ١٢٩
English translation (Saheeh International)
And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?
Brief commentary
“And why do you build forts and palaces as if you were to live forever in this world, never to depart from it?”