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PART I: "THE FOUR ANIMALS
PART I: "THE FOUR ANIMALS
EMPHASISED IN THE QUR’AN"
EMPHASISED IN THE QUR’AN"

THE GNAT

I n the Qur’an, as mentioned in earlier pages, Allah summons people to
investigate nature and see the "signs" therein. All animate and inani-
mate beings in the universe are full of signs revealing that they are
"made", and they demonstrate the power, knowledge and art of their "Creator".
Man is responsible for identifying these signs by using his wisdom, and for pay-
ing reverence to Allah.
There are also some living beings to which Allah specifically refers in the
Qur’an. The gnat is one of these animals. In the 26 verse of Surat al-Baqarah,
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the gnat is mentioned:
Allah is not ashamed to make the example of a gnat or of an even smal-
ler thing. As for those who believe, they know it is the truth fom their
Lord. But as for those who reject, they say, "What does Allah mean by
this example?" He misguides many by it and guides many by it. But He
only misguides the degenerate.
Considered as an ordinary, insignificant living being, even the gnat is
worthy of being examined and pondered since it bears the signs of Allah. This
is why "Allah is not ashamed to make the example of a gnat or of an even
smaller thing".

The main food source for male and female gnats is nectar.

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