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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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