Page 103 - The Miracle in the Ant

Strategist ants who defend the plant, they live on against all kinds of in-
vasions and also protect the ecological balance with this feature of
theirs.
The plant and ants co-existing in such harmony cannot be explained
by coincidences. The picture we build up from the information given
right throughout this entire chapter shows us species that are different
from each other but who have been created for full cooperation.
At the beginning of this chapter, we have given a similar example of
such harmony: The relationship between a key and the lock it opened.
There was a single explanation for the harmony between these two sep-
arate objects. The lock and the key were both made by the same mas-
ter, that is, they were consciously designed. In the examples of cooper-
ation we meet in nature, the same logic applies. The ant and the plant
cooperate because they are the products of conscious design. Neither is
the ant dominant over the plant, nor is the reverse true. Incapable of
forming ideas, they are both simply acting under the inspiration of their
Creator, and thus are able to maintain a reciprocity that allows them to
pursue their lives on earth.
The task for people, then, is to see this conscious creation and rec-
ognize its owner. Yet, many do not think about this, nor do they care.
The following verses state in the best way possible this perfect creation
by Allah and the blindness of people towards it:
Mankind! An example has been made, so listen to it carefully.
Those whom you call besides Allah are not even able to create a
single fly, even if they were to join together to do it. And if a fly
steals something from them, they cannot get it back. How feeble
are both the seeker and the sought! They do not measure Allah
with His true measure. Allah is All-Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-
Hajj: 73-74)

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