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THE MIRACLE IN THE MOSQUITO





                      Say: “To whom does everything in the heavens and on
                      the Earth belong?” Say: “To God.” He has made mer-
                       cy incumbent on Himself. He will gather you all on
                         the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no
                        doubt. As for those who have forfeited their souls,
                              they will never believe. (Qur’an, 6:12)





                 has many flight features superior to those of a helicopter or a
                 plane.
                     For a helicopter or a plane to fly, specially refined fuel is used.
                 Before each flight, it has to be refuelled with this somewhat ex-
                 pensive fuel. On the other hand, the mosquito gets all its energy
                 from the nectar it feeds on. Planes and helicopters undergo main-
                 tenance before every flight, and the engine parts are periodically
                 renewed. Encountering no such problems, the mosquito keeps on
                 flying throughout its life, thanks to the strength of the muscles on
                 its back.
                     Present day aircraft have acquired their current features as a
                 result of years of research and lengthy experimentation. The pool
                 of knowledge utilised has accumulated over hundreds of years. At
                 every stage of development, human brain power and design has
                 been employed. But however advanced technology may be, man
                 is way behind the flight technology found in nature. No existing
                 technology can make a machine with the dimensions and the
                 flight characteristics of a mosquito.
                     It should not be forgotten that the being we are comparing
                 with machines is a 10 mm (0.4 inch) creature composed of millions
                 of small living parts (cells). With its circulation, excretory and ner-
                 vous systems, a heart that constantly beats, eyes that see, its re-
                 ceptor systems and millions of cells synthesizing proteins, it is a





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