them. When we take a closer look at their systems, we shall also see
that they have a pretty interesting social structure. It will also
come to our attention that they are capable of sacrifice at a much
higher level than humans are. One of the most interesting points is
that - compared to humans - they do not know the concepts such as the
rich-poor discrimination and the fight for power that are observed in
our societies.
Many scientists, who for years have been doing extensive research on
ants, have not been able to clarify the subject of their advanced
social behavior. Caryle P. Haskins, Ph.D., the president of the
Carnegie Institute at Washington has this to say:
After 60 years of observation and study, I still marvel at how
sophisticated the ants' social behavior is. ...The ants thus make a
beautiful model for our use in studying the rootsof animal behavior.
(National Geographic, vol.165, no.6, p. 775)
Some colonies of ants are so extensive with respect to population and
living area, that it is impossible to explain how they can form a
perfect order over such a vast area. Therefore, it is not easy not to
concur with Dr. Haskins.
As an example of these large colonies we can give the species of ant,
called Formica Yessensis that lives on the Ishikari coast of Hokkaido.
This ant colony lives in 45,000interconnected nests over an area of
2.7 square kilometers. The colony, which is composed of approximately
1,080,000queens and 306,000,000 workers, has been named the "Super
colony" by the researchers. (Bert Holldobler-Edward O.Wilson, The
Ants, Harvard University Press, 1990, p. 1.) It has been discovered
that all production tools and food are exchanged in an orderly fashion
within the colony.
It is very hard to explain how the ants have maintained this order
without any problems, considering the vast area they are living in. We
must not forget that various security forces are needed for enforcing
law and maintaining social order, even in a civilized country with a
low population density. And there is an administrative staff leading
and managing these units. Sometimes, it does not become possible to
maintain the required order without problems despite all these intense
efforts.
Yet in ant colonies there is no need felt for police,gendarmerie or
guards. If we consider that actually the duty of the queens, whom we
think of as the leaders of the colonies, is just to maintain the
species, they do not have a leader or a governor. There is thus no
hierarchy based on a chain of command amongst them. Then who is it
that lays down this order and maintainsits continuity?
The fact that ants can establish such a great and perfect order is
proof that they are acting on the inspirationof a certain
"supervisor".The verse below fully confirms that God is the master and
supervisor ofeverything and that every living creature actson His
inspiration:
I have put my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no living
being He does not hold by the forelock and inspect! My Lord is on a
straight path. (Surah Hud: 56)
Article 2
Examining the movement of the ant is thought provoking. It moves its
infinitesimal legs in a sequential and extremely organised manner
knowing perfectly which leg should take the first stepand which the
next. It moves very rapidly without faltering.
The Ant lifts crumbs much bigger than its body. It carries them to its
nest with heart and soul. It travels distances that are very long in
comparison to its tiny body. On featureless land, with no guide at
itsservice, it can easily find its nest. Despite the entrance of the
nest being too small even for us to find, it is not confused and finds
it no matter where it is.
When one sees in the garden some ants, lined up one after the other,
ardently toiling to carry food to their nest, one cannot stop
wondering what kind of purpose these tiny living beings might have in
working so hard. Then one realises that not only does the ant carry
food for itself, but also for other members of its colony, for the
queen ant and baby ants. How such a tiny ant, which does not even have
a developed brain, knows diligence, discipline and self-sacrifice is a
point on which one needs to reflect. After pondering these facts, one
reaches the following conclusion: ants, like all other living beings,
act by the inspiration of Allah and obey His commands alone. - -
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