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50 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

did not believe in Allah's or the Hereafter's existence, but they will
come to realize clearly Allah's existence and power. They also will
realize that there is no hope for salvation and that their new life is
eternal. Their eternal suffering and sorrow will be incomparably
worse than that Day's events, and Allah says in the Qur'an that the
unbelievers will prefer death over such a life:

We have warned you of an imminent punishment on the Day
when a man will see what he has done, and the unbeliever will
say: "Oh, if only I were dust!" (Surat an-Naba', 40)
People's panic, terror and astonishment will make them appear
drunk, for:
. . . 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)
The physical and behavioral changes in people experiencing
extreme fear are very similar to those of drunken people. In such
instances, dizziness, hysteria, and impeded sight are common.
As we see from what has been revealed so far, people will
experience great panic on that hard day. Allah compares this
chilling fear and the resulting behavior to drunkenness, for people
will display uncontrolled behavior and run from place to place as if
drunk. Allah makes a comparison in the Qur'an:

It is the Day when mankind will be like scattered moths. (Surat
al-Qari'a, 4)

The Terror in Their Eyes
And [when] the True Promise is very close, the eyes of those
who did not believe will be transfixed: "Alas for us! We were