IPhone contact names vanished

Hi, I've iPhone 5. All of a sudden all my contact names are removed from the address book. even though i can see all the numbers with no names associated with it. This came from nowhere. Please help ASAP

m_saadkhan wrote:
The problem is originated from apple itself and should be resolved by apple as well. Is it too much to ask?
I would like to try and put into perspective this statement you've made about 'Apple'., Your contacts were at a point in time on your 'Apple' iphone. That is a given as you would not now be asking about why they have disappeared. To say that at a given point and time they were there and now they are not and THEN to blame apple for this inconsistency is for me at least just a bit much.
So now after me expressing my opinion on your comments lets see if we can't put together some trouble shooting to see if we can't get to your contacts.
IF your contacts were saved to icloud they are still in the icloud only gone from your device. Please read this article about how to use icloud and how to get icloud to send your contacts back to your phone in which they once resided.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3998
Please read this article about how to use icloud when storing contacts.
Good luck, Friend.

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