Wa-tekūnu-l-jibālu ke-l-'ihni-l-manfūsh
Fe-amma men thekulet mawāzīnuhu fe-huwa fī 'īshetin rādiyeh
Wa-amma men khaffet mawāzīnuhu fe-ummuhu hāwiyeh
Wa-mā adrāka mā hiyeh
Nārun hāmiyeh
The effect of which may be thus roughly preserved in English:—
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
The Smiting! What is the Smiting?
And what shall teach thee what is the Smiting?
The Day when men shall be like moths adrift,