Verse. 1884

١٥ - ٱلْحِجْر

15 - Al-Hijr

وَكَانُوْا يَنْحِتُوْنَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوْتًا اٰمِنِيْنَ۝۸۲
Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena

English

Ahmed Ali

They used to hew dwellings in the mountains to live in security.

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and they used to hew out dwellings from the hills) from the mountains, (wherein they dwelt) secure) in the sense that they were safe from their collapse; it is also said that this means: safe from the torment.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains, feeling secure.