Do you erect buildings", he added, "on the top of every mount - Surah Ash-Shu‘ara’ ayat 128 in Tafsir

﴿أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ ﴾
[الشعراء: 128]

Do you erect buildings", he added, "on the top of every mount and every height, mansions and stately buildings standing in the landscape, conspicuous to view as though they are landmarks (yet not as a guide nor a mark of an event) serving no useful purpose and of no avail

﴿أتبنون بكل ريع آية تعبثون﴾ [الشعراء: 128]

Dr Kamal Omar
Do you build on every prominent place a monument? You act uselessly (seehead of state vain glory)

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
Build you a sign on every high hill to amuse

Dr Munir Munshey
At every raised spot you construct high palaces in vain, and to no avail

Edward Henry Palmer
Do ye build on every height a landmark in sport

Farook Malik
Are you erecting a monument on every high place for fun

George Sale
Do ye build a land-mark on every high place, to divert yourselves

Maududi
What, you build a monument on every hill merely for fun