Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 129

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And seek ye out strongholds) houses, palaces and pools, (that haply ye may last for ever) in this worldly life? Nay, you will not last for ever!

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And you set up structures for extracting water underground that perhaps you might as though you will last forever therein and not die.