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Harun Yahya

cretions through special sensors on their antennae.
When termites discover a split in the mound they've constructed,
they emit a scent that sounds the alarm and calls other termites to re-
pair the fissure and defend the nest against attack.

The striking common feature in all this is that these living things
all recognize the chemical formulae of their species' own pheromones
and act in accordance with the commands issued by them. How can
an insect manage to distinguish between chemical substances and de-
code them? First, they need to know—or in other words, analyze—
what the secretion contains. To perform that analysis, they need a
well-equipped laboratory, as well as the requisite knowledge, of
course. Insects have neither advanced laboratories nor any other tech-
nical equipment, yet still they carry out successful analyses and fully
understand and adhere to the messages the pheromones convey.
A human being would need training and considerable experience
as a chemical engineer in order to do this. Insects need neither train-
ing nor experience to understand what their secretions mean, since
they possess this knowledge from birth. They never confuse their spe-
cies' own secretions of with those of others (except from those taken
in by imitations), because Almighty God has created them together
with the system necessary to identify that certain pheromone.
In the Qur'an, God draws attention to what He has created in the

heavens and on the Earth, and reveals:
How many signs there are in the heavens and Earth! Yet they
pass them by, turning away from them. Most of them do not be-
lieve in God without associating others with Him. (Surah Yusuf:
105-106)

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