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.