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                    On the one hand we have an AWACS plane, weighing 150
               tons and having a wingspan of 40 meters and a height of 44 me-
               ters, and, on the other hand, a moth weighing only a few grams,

               with a wingspan of 2.5 centimeters and a height of 2 centime-
               ters. Both possess the same technological features.
               Furthermore, an AWACS plane requires 9.5 tons of fuel, while
               the moth can make do with a few milligrams of nectar.
               Kilometers of cable are used for its radar and computer sys-

               tems, while just two short fibers are enough for a moth’s perfect
               perception system.
                    These early warning systems, which are the accumulation

               of centuries of scientific experience and can only be fitted into
               planes weighing many tons, take place in an area no larger than
               the head of a match under the wings of a moth weighing only a
               few grams. Such a miraculous system, which people find very
               difficult to imitate even by pooling all their resources, has been

               flawlessly created in a tiny moth. God, the Creator of all, is the
               Lord and Ruler of the entire universe. Our Lord’s name of al-
               Malik (The Sovereign, The King) is revealed in one verse, as fol-

               lows:
                    Exalted be God, the King, the Real. There is no deity but Him,
                    Lord of the Noble Throne. (Qur’an, 23:116)





                    A Fly’s Ear and

                    Hearing Aids
                    One species of fly, known
               as Ormia ochracea, lays its larvae
               on crickets, in which the larvae de-       Hearing aids and a fly
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