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MAGNIFICENCE OF
THE LUMINOUS CREATURES

One of the best-known luminous creatures is the firefly. Scientists have spent
years of research trying to produce a light as efficient as the light produced by fire-
flies. Fireflies achieve maximum efficiency and lose almost no energy.
In fact, it is quite amazing that a creature is able to produce light yet, at the same
time, is not affected by the heat of this light. Because, as we know, during light pro-
duction made by today's technology, heat certainly is created and this heat is emit-
ted outside as thermal energy. Therefore, for this reason, creatures which produce
light should also suffer harm due to exposure to high heat. However, the creatures
producing light are not affected by the heat they produce, because it is weak. They
produce a kind of light called "cold light" and their body structures are designed ac-
cordingly.
Fireflies are actually a type of beetle which produces yellowish-green lights by
means of chemical reactions inside their bodies. Fireflies, which flash their lights to
recognize one another or to give mating signals, use different lengths of flashes ac-
cording to their species. In addition, in some species, it is the male who flashes first
to attract the female, while in other species, the females do the "calling." Some fire-
flies use their lights in self-defense. They flash to warn enemies that their taste is un-
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Besides fireflies, a number of other insects, various sea creatures, and many
other types of species produce their own light. Each species has different character-
istics. These include the manner of light production, the fields of their usage of light,
and the lengths and kinds of light they produce.
Who furnished these creatures with systems through which they produce the
type of light they can make use of, and then maintains the continuation of these sys-
tems? It is not, of course, the creatures themselves. It is not possible for complex or-
gans capable of producing light yet not harming the creatures of which they are part
in the process to have come into being as the result of coincidences. All luminous
Magnificence Everywhere duces us, through these creatures He has created, to the evidence of His endless
creatures are evidence of the superior power of the creation of Allah. Allah intro-

knowledge, wisdom and might.

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