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moment. The ones who mindlessly reject the verses of Allah and,
abiding by their lower selves, choose to lead a life according to their
debased ambitions deserve this punishment, and so their situation
on that Day will be very difficult. Allah will fulfill His promises, for
His rule is just. Allah says:
… We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection, flat on their
faces, blind, dumb, and deaf. Their shelter will be Hell.
Whenever the Blaze dies down, We will increase it for them.
(Surat al-Isra', 97)

He will ask: "My Lord, why have you gathered me blind when
before I was able to see?" [Allah] will say: "Just as Our Signs
came to you and you forgot them, in the same way you too are
forgotten today." (Surah Ta Ha, 125-26)
In the Qur'an, Allah relates that the unbelievers' faces will be
made humble by disgrace:
They will emerge from their graves with downcast eyes, like
swarming locusts. (Surat al-Qamar, 7)
The expression in their eyes and their fear-evoking appearance
will be given to them on that Day. Allah describes them, as follows:

On the Day the Trumpet is blown—and We will gather the
evildoers on that Day, blue-eyed [their eyes dimmed by terror
and sightless]. (Surah Ta Ha, 102)
In the Qur'an Allah also reveals that those who were in conceit
over His Messengers and verses will be branded on their noses:
We will brand him on the snout! (Surat al-Qalam, 16)

This is an important source of shame, for calling their noses
"snouts" and being branded is enough to reveal their debasement
and ugliness in the Hereafter. Whereas the believers will live in the
Hereafter in comfortable environments, the unbelievers will begin a