44أَم يَقولونَ نَحنُ جَميعٌ مُنتَصِرٌMuhammad AsadOr do they say, "We are a group united, [and therefore] bound to prevail"?1The reasoning which underlies this thought may be summed up thus: "We who reject these so-called divine revelations represent a very large body of opinion; and because our views are held by so many, they are obviously right and, therefore, bound to triumph in the end." In other words, the people characterized as "deniers of the truth" draw their assurance from the mere fact of their being representative of the "majority opinion" - a self-delusion based on a purely materialistic outlook on life.