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that day, on account of the intensity of the terror they feel:
... and you will think people drunk when they are
not drunk; it is just that the punishment of Allah is
so severe. (Surat al-Hajj: 2)
On that day, all value judgements of unbelievers will
change at once because of the terror of the occurrence.
Wealth and sons they used to consider the most valuable
won't be of any importance any more. Allah heralds in the
Qur'an that on that day people will seek only for their own
rescue and will flee from each other:
The Day a man will flee from his brother and his
mother and his father, and his wife and his children:
on that Day every man among them will have con-
cerns enough of his own. (Surah 'Abasa: 34-37)

Some of the details related in verses about how people will
be on that day are as follows:

… the eyes of those who disbelieved will be trans-
fixed… (Surat al-Anbiya': 97)
... Every nursing woman will be oblivious of the baby
at her breast, and every pregnant woman will abort
the contents of her womb... (Surat al-Hajj: 2)

How will you safeguard yourselves, if you disbelieve,
against a Day which will turn children grey... (Surat al-
Muzzammil: 17)

19. Are believers in great numbers?

Allah states in many verses that real believers will be very
small in number. For that reason the numbers of believers
have always been small throughout history and unbelievers
have always been the majority. This is also an indication of the

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