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with a unique skill that is
just right for this process.

How? Before the mosquito
begins to suck blood, it
secretes a special liquid,
given it by Allah, into the
blood vessel of the person on
whom it has landed. In this
way, the blood in that area
doesn’t coagulate and so the
mosquito is able to suck it.

This liquid has another
rare quality. While the
mosquito does all these
things, you won’t feel a thing, because this
substance numbs the area that the mosquito cuts.
This liquid is just like a anaesthetic the dentist or
surgeon uses. Doctors administer a certain drug so

that you won’t feel pain, and you don’t. You see,
the mosquito works just like a doctor. First, it
anaesthetises and then it sucks.
After the mosquito bites you, you feel a little
itching and swelling. The reason for this itching
and swelling is this liquid.
You might think that all these things take a
long time. The mosquito, however, manages most
of these in a very short time. You feel the bite of

the mosquito only after it has finished its job and
packed away its equipment.
Now, let’s think together. The mosquito is as
large as the tip of a pencil, but the jobs it
manages are very important and complex. Do you
think that it is possible for a mosquito to think all
of these things through? To prevent the flow of a

human’s blood, to anaesthetise the area that it
cuts so that it doesn’t cause pain, to make an eye

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