In this book we are going to tell you about a creature that you
know quite well, that you meet everywhere without actually giving it much
attention, that is highly skillful, highly social and highly intelligent
- "The Ant". Our aim is to review the lives full of miracles of these
minute creatures that are never of any significance in our daily lives.
Technology, collective work, military strategy, advanced communications
network, an astute and rational hierarchy, discipline, perfect city planning…
These are fields where human beings may not always be successful enough,
but where the ants always are. When you look at these creatures, which
are fully armed to defeat tough rivals and to endure the difficult conditions
of nature, you may think that all of them are identical. However, each
species of the ant genus – and there are thousands of them – has, in fact,
different characteristics. We believe that these creatures that have the
highest population in the world may open up new horizons for us within
the framework of the characteristics referred to above. This book will
reveal to us the special and marvelous world of ants. We shall witness
the things these ant communities succeed with their tiny bodies and
witness that there is absolutely no difference between their fossils,
the oldest of which is about 80 million years old, and their counterparts
living today, that run to approximately 8800 species.
As we explore the special world of ants, this perfect system will earn
our admiration and increase the need for thinking and investigating. At
the same time, we shall see the mistakes in the theory of evolution and
witness Allah's immaculate creation, which is a tremendously important
work. In the Qur'an, the type of person who thinks about nature and thus
recognizes the omnipotence of Allah is praised as a model for those who
believe. The verses below explain this point fully:
In the creation of the heavens and the earth,
and the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of
understanding: men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting,
and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the wonders of creation
in the heavens and the earth, (saying): "Our Lord! You have not created
all this in vain! Glory be to You! Give us salvation from the penalty
of the Fire."(Surat Al'Imran:190-191)
We hope that this book causes its readers to think more deeply on and
to feel admiration for the superior power and unequaled art of creation
of Allah, Who has made all things. |