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WONDERFUL CREATURES

its way. Thinking about it this way, one

can better understand the significance
of the task that the ant per-

forms. The ant can per-
form this difficult task by means of the special

body structure it has been given.

There is a special navigational system in the ant’s eyes. This system
that Allah placed in the ant’s eyes is more advanced than mechani-

cal devices that determine direction. Being able to perceive some
rays that we cannot, the ant can establish directions and know

where north and south are. By means of this ability, it is not diffi-
cult at all for the ant to work out where its nest is and to return

to it.

Human beings have only lately become aware of the characteristics

of light. However the ant has known and used a characteristic of
light, which was unknown to human beings, since it was born.

Certainly such a perfect structure as the eye of this ant cannot be
attributed to random coincidences. The eyes of the ant must have

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