Page 43 - The Miracle in the Ant

2. High pitched voices are used in some species during the mating
of queens. When young queens are gathered on the ground and/or on
plants for mating, and have obtained enough sperm, they produce a
high pitched sound to prevent the male ant herds from catching them.
3. Yet in other species, sound is used to increase the efficiency of the
pheromone produced during the gathering of the nest members to find
food or new nests. 18
Sometimes in certain species, the food searchers make it possible for
other ants to surround the prey with signals they produce when they
find a prey. Gathering together of the workers and getting to the prey is
realized within 1-2 minutes on account of this high pitched voice. These
features are a great advantage for the ant species.

For An Eye That Sees…
With their various communication methods, ants may be compared
to men who can speak several foreign languages. They are able to com-
municate with 3-4 different languages among themselves and they are
able to pursue their lives in the least problematic manner. They are able
to subsist their colonies with populations of hundreds of thousands or
sometimes millions, and survive all their lives without causing any con-
fusion.
Yet this communication system we have been describing so far is just
one of the miraculous features of the animal world. When we analyse
both people and also all other living beings (From single-celled to mul-
ti-celled) we can discover characteristics that are different from each oth-
er, with each being a separate and individual miracle with its place in an
ecological order.
For an eye that can notice all these miracles that are created around
it, and a heart that can feel, it will be sufficient to look at the extraordi-
nary communication system of the ant of millimetric dimensions to ap-
preciate the infinite power, knowledge and wisdom of Allah Who is the
sole Owner and Sovereign of all living things. In the Qur'an, Allah refers
to these people who do not have this capability and who may not ap-
preciate His might:
Have they not travelled about the earth and do they not have
hearts to understand with or ears to hear with? It is not their eyes
which are blind but the hearts in their breasts which are blind.
(Surat al-Hajj:46)

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