Like Ur, they had shaky foundations because of their ungodly governments. For the rest of his long life, Abraham “was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is God. ”
(‏ يش ٢٤ :‏ ٢‏ )‏ وَبَقِيَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ حَتَّى نِهَايَةِ حَيَاتِهِ ٱلطَّوِيلَةِ « يَنْتَظِرُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ ٱلَّتِي لَهَا أَسَاسَاتٌ حَقِيقِيَّةٌ ،‏ ٱلَّتِي ٱللهُ بَانِيهَا وَصَانِعُهَا » .‏