When al Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ats-Tsaqafi - a man who was notorious for being very despotic, cruel and a cold-blooded killer - was sitting in his minzharah (the room above the house that served as a place to look all over the city) of his house, from which he could  seeing people passing by in the city of Iraq, a young man was brought to him. 

When the young man was invited in, he did not care about al-Hajjaj and completely ignored him.  He was even absorbed in seeing the splendor and wonders of the minzharah building.  The young man looked to the right and left, then he said," Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight. And seek ye out strongholds,  that haply ye may last forever?" (Asy-Syu'ara '  , 128-129)

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Translated from "101 Kisah Teladan"  written by  Muhammad Amin al-Jundi, Indonesian translation by Safrudin Edi Wibowo, Lc