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A Mosquito’s Impressive Heat Receptors

A mosquito can detect the presence of any living thing due to

its highly sensitive heat receptors that perceive the heat given off
by a living entity in different colors, according to the heat the enti-
ty emits. Since this perception does not depend upon light, a mos-
quito easily finds blood vessels even if the entity is in a dark room.
In fact, its heat detectors are so sensitive that they can determine
temperature differences of just 0.05 degrees Celsius. 1
Human beings have no such ability; Allah has bestowed it on
this tiny creature—it is no larger than 1 cm (0.4 in)—so that it can
find food and protect itself. Only Allah can create such a small and
flawless heat-dependent mechanism in so tiny a creature and then
bring it to life. Clearly, no one can claim that such a remarkable
creature could have come into existence spontaneously as the re-
sult of chance.
Any thoughtful person knows that a random phenome-

non will only damage and destroy a perfect complex sys-
tem; it cannot bring any system into being. Only Almighty
Allah, Lord of the worlds, Who creates the mosquito’s sub-
lime heat perception system, shapes and forms all things, and
controls everything at all moments can do this:
What is in the heavens and in the ground belongs to Allah.
We have instructed those given the Book before you, and you
yourselves, to fear [and respect] Allah. But if you do not be-