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These are just a few of the questions that must be answered by those
who do not accept the supreme creation by the Creator. Thousands
more questions may be formulated just on the subject of the survival of
the ant species and each one of these questions points to creation by
design and renders evolutionist claims impossible.

Sacrifice of Workers
The eggs that the queen ant lays and immature young ants both live
in the child care chambers of the nest. If the temperature and humidity
become such that they may harm the young, then worker ants carry the
eggs and the young ants to a more suitable environment. They keep the
eggs close to the surface in the daytime to benefit from the heat and take
them to deeper chambers at night or on rainy days.
This means that the workers try to protect the eggs and young ants
with great care and try to keep them comfortable. Some of them take
the larvae around the nest on a hot day to cool them down and some
of them cover the walls of the nest with discarded cocoons to prevent
humidity and some of them seek food. Every single one of these actions
shows that ants act out of very kind consideration. One ant will take the
larvae around the nest to cool them, while another ant will insulate the
wall of the nest by cocoons to adjust the temperature – a very modern
insulation technique. Yet, it must not be forgotten that this being which
we regard as having made a kind gesture, does not have any thinking
capacity. Regardless of how advanced its technology may become, sci-
ence will never be able to find the cause of this sacrifice displayed by a
tiny bug. Furthermore, this sacrifice is in total contradiction of the most
fundamental principles of the theory of evolution.
All these examples show that these living beings also act under
Allah’s inspiration and that they obey Him. This secret is explained in
the Qur'an as follows:

Everything in the heavens and every creature on the earth pros-
trates to Allah, as do the angels. They are not puffed up with
pride. They fear their Lord above them and do everything they
are ordered to do. (Surat an-Nahl: 49-50)

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