At-Takathur-1, Quran Recitation by Abu Bakr al Shatri

Your bragging with the worldly abundance (wealth, properties, children, etc.) entertained you.

The emulous desire of abundance engrosseth you,

Rivalry [and vainglory] distracted you

Competing in increase of worldly goods (seeking and then boasting of the acquisition of things, wealth, pedigree, and posterity) distracts you (from the proper purpose of life),

THE AVARICE OF plenitude keeps you occupied

The craving for excess wealth kept you people neglectful.

(Mankind! your) vying with one another to excel in multiplying worldly possessions diverts you (from God and true values of life),

Gross rivalry diverts you,

The rivalry in worldly increase deludes you

The mutual rivalry for piling up of worldly things diverts you,

Until you come to the graves.

Abundance diverts you,

Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you

The desire to have more of the worldly gains have pre-occupied you so much (that you have neglected remembring God),

The excessive gathering (of increase and boasting) occupied you (from worshipping and obeying)

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

The craving for excess wealth kept you people neglectful.

Abundance distracts you.

Greed for more and more distracted you [from God]

The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things),