Wherever you may be, death will overtake you - even though you be in towers raised high. "Yet, when a good thing happens to them, some [people] say, "This is from God," whereas when evil befalls them, they say, "This is from thee [O fellowman]!” Say: "All is from God." 4:78 Assalam alikum I was just wondering I know the meaning but is allah saying that they are in lofty towers or if you were in lofty towers because I thought the mecca people and madinah people only live in small buildings like mud huts that they didn't have great buildings jazzakkallah