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HARUN YAHYA
given them by God, and the intelligence they display in these acts is
the intelligence of God.
A verse about honeybees shows an important point about this:
Your Lord revealed to the bees: "Build dwellings in the mountains
and the trees, and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat
from every kind of fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have
been made easy for you to follow." From inside them comes a drink
of varying colors, containing healing for humanity. There is certainly
a sign in that for people who reflect. (Qur'an, 16:68-69)
Like the organelles of cells, honeybees also display intelligence
in the acts they carry out, such as informing each other of the location
of the flowers they have found to make honey, and the way they build
their hives. But the source of this intelligence, as explained in the
above verse, is that God has inspired the bees. That is, He has impart-
ed them some of His own knowledge, thereby giving them the ability
to carry out their complex acts. The resulting intelligence does not
belong to the bees, but to God. He is ar-Razzak, the Provider, and
through the inspiration He gives to the bees, presents us with the
great bounty such as honey.
Obviously this principle does not apply to bees alone, because
nature is full of mindless creatures that constantly display intelli-
gence. All of them, from the tiniest insect to the largest organism, act
by the inspiration given to them by God, Who has inspired them all
with their duties and the knowledge to carry them out. They, in
return, have submitted to God and carry out these duties:
Everyone in the heavens and earth belongs to Him. All are submis-
sive to Him. (Qur'an, 30:26)
Another verse tells man:
Don't you see that everyone in the heavens and everyone on the Earth
prostrates to God, and the Sun and Moon and stars and the moun-
tains, trees and beasts and many of humanity?... (Qur'an, 22:18)

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