Page 33 - The Miracle in the Ant

Allomone is a material used for inter-genus communication. Yet
pheromone, as explained before, is a chemical signal which is mostly
used within a genus and, when secreted by an ant, can be perceived by
another as a smell. This chemical is thought to be produced in the en-
docrine glands. When an ant secretes this fluid as a signal, the others get
the message by way of smell or taste and respond. The research done on
ant pheromones has revealed that all signals are secreted in accordance
with the needs of the colony. Also, the concentration of the pheromone
secreted by the ants varies in terms of the urgency of the situation. 9
As one can see, an in-depth knowledge of chemistry is needed to
manage the tasks performed by the ants. We human beings can resolve
the chemicals the ants produce only by tests we perform in laboratories,
plus we go through years of education to be able to do this. Yet ants can
secrete these whenever they need to, and have been doing so since the
day they were born, and they know quite well what response to give to
which secretion.
The fact that they accurately identify the chemicals right from the time
they are born shows the existence of an "Instructor" who gives them
chemistry education at birth. To claim the opposite would mean that the
ants have learned chemistry over time and that they have started making
experiments: this would be in violation of logic. The ants know these
chemicals without having had any education when they were born. We
cannot say that another ant or another living creature is the "teacher" of
the ant either. No insect, no living creature – including human beings –
has the capacity to teach ants how to manufacture chemicals and estab-
lish communication by these substances. If there
Communication
is an act of teaching before birth, the only
between ants may
be established by will which would be able to achieve this
transmission of act is that of Allah, Who is the
chemical signals
Creator of all living things and
by way of scent
"the Lord (Educator)" of the
or taste.
heavens and earth.