HT4847 iCloud delete my iphone's contacts(HELP!)

Today i Recieved my iPhone 5, i tried to copy my iphone 4's contacts, but i Swithed ON iCloud with Contacts On Both iPhone 5 and 4 to Copy them.
It Does Copy Contacts On My iPhone 5 ,, But it Wasn't My contacs and it copy a few Numbers of My old Contacts to i Swich OFF The iCloud's Contacts then it Pops up two Choices Keep the Contacts or Delete ,, By Mistake i Press Delete ,, Then i Can't Get them Back ;( Oh GOD.
Please i Need to Get My Contacts Back .. i didn't Backup My iPhone 4 Early So it is Big Problem to get New Ones
a Lot of THANKS
AHMED ALSALEH.

If you log into Icloud.com, are all your contacts correct there? If the answer is Yes, I would then turn contacts OFF on your phone, and then turn them back on. Do not merge, but replace with Icloud content.
This is usually the quickest way to edit a bunch of contacts, through the web interface.

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