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things. Therefore, examples of self-sacrifice among ant species are acts
most difficult to explain. Ants living under a feeding system based on
sharing are proof that they do not act in the way suggested by the the-
ory of evolution. They are not engaging in a random "fight for survival"
but are rather performing the duties given to them (according to the
Qur’an "revealed to them") and thus they are able to transform their
colonies with hundreds of thousands or even millions of members into
a true civilization.
In the Qur’an, in surat an-Nahl, Allah describes the "revelation" that
makes it obligatory for the animals to perform certain tasks given to
them by Him:
And your Lord revealed to the bee: "Build dwellings in the moun-
tains and the trees and also in the structures which men erect.
Then eat from every kind of fruit and travel the paths of your
Lord, which have been made easy for you to follow." From inside
them comes a drink of varying colours, containing healing for
mankind. There is certainly a sign in that for people who reflect.
(Surat an-Nahl: 68-69)

The Qur’an, of course, does not list the animals’ special duties
through Allah’s inspiration one by one. The honey bee is just one ex-
ample. Yet, when we look at the ant, we can see that this small being,
which performs as perfect tasks as the honey bee, and which is at least
as generous, social and loyal, acts under a similar revelation.

Rational Techniques in Carrying Food
The discovery by approximately 8800 known ant species of the food
sources they need, and their carrying them to their homes are done by
different methods. In certain species, ants hunt on their own and carry
the food individually. Yet in others, hunting is done as a group and they
carry and defend their food together.
If the food they find is in suitable dimensions for them, ants usually
carry it alone. If the food is too large for a single ant to carry or if it is
in small piles, all within a particular area, they give out a poisonous hor-
mone to prevent others from coming into the territory. Then they go to
call other workers, large and small, to carry the food.

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