Surah Al-Asr 103
"By Time, Indeed, mankind is in loss, Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience."
It’s a strange and peculiar world with endless secrets
. . . it’s the ant’s world . . .
Scientists are always discovering a new thing that
shows the magnificence of this small creature, that is really worth revealing a
sura to be named ‘’The Ants/Surah Semut’ by ALLAH Subhanahuwataala.
So, let’s read . . .
Every time, when doubtful people try to laugh at this
qur’an and give example, Allah devotes someone to discover its miracles and
wonders facing the atheists saying. Disbelievers have mooched since qur’an
revelation that the Prophet Mohamed (Peace Be Upon Him) is mentioning insects
such as ‘’ant’’ in his book!
Glorified be Allah! Some doubtful repeat the same
saying today, that the qur’an is full of legends and they give example that
Muhamed gives souras insects’ names. But Allah the Almighty says: ‘’ and Allah
will never grant (Literally: make) any way for the disbelievers over the
believers.’’ (Surat An-Nisa (Women):
141).
So, he who meditates
scientists’ discoveries will notice that they are confused, they are astonished
in front of this small creature that is the ant.
Scientists say the ant’s brain weight is a hundredth
gram, whereas the whale’s one is hundred thousand more than the ant’s. However,
the ant accomplishes more intelligent tasks and works than this big whale!
This reality wonders and confuses the scientists, but
if they just think and read Allah’s Book, they will find that Allah is the
Creator of this ant, He has taught it and guided it to the straightway.
Allah said about Himself: ‘’The Ever-Innovating of the
heavens and the earth-however does He have a child, and He has no female
companion, and He created everything, and He is Ever-Knowing of everything?
Every day, the scientists declare that the insects’
world, especially the ant one is a very complicated thing, it’s cannot be
logical to say that the ant has developed itself alone, because its limited
brain can’t treat all these information when doing its tasks. In this picture,
we see the ant head and its small brain inside, it contains over 300000
neurons.
A man brain contains more than trillion cells, i.e.
hundreds of thousands times more than the ant one. Although this small brain,
it can treat all necessary information that the ant needs to accomplish its
tasks showing that this brain has been programmed.
Scientists observed the ant’s world for longtime, in
the beginning, they thought that it’s a limited world that can neither think
nor understand nor communicate! However, it has finally been shown that the
ants are a nation as we are, they have their laws, their life, their
intelligence.
It has been shown that the ant building architecture
is older than the man one, it has been building houses since millions years.
Scientists have recently discovered the bridges building in the ant world.
According to a Reuters site study, the way that the
ant adopts to cross holes is to build ant bridges! Two British researchers
mentioned that the ants group sacrifice themselves when facing holes to save
the others. Some lie inside these irregular holes to make more equal route for
the others.
See this living bridge, how some ants sacrificed for
the others. Scientists say that the ants building the bridge by their bodies
suffer a lot when the other ants pass across, but they endure and resist like a
real bridge that the other ant can pass by!
Scott Powell and Nigel Franks from Bristol university
studied Eciton burchellii that walk in the Central and South Americ forests in
group of 200000 ants! This group is in constant contact with the ants’ nest by
a very long line ants.
In this picture, we see how they take each other to
build a solid bridge on which the ants can pass to the other side. The
scientists that studied this phenomenon confirm that the ant chose with care
the appropriate sizes to sacrifice in building this bridge!
A small number of ants fill the holes build to obtain
a coherent road. Scientists say: the ants have their own way to redress the
roads. Powell said: when the traffic eventually diminishes, the ant that forms
this motionless plug will pop out of the hole and run home.
Broadly, our research demonstrates that a simple but
highly specialised behavior performed by a minority of ant workers can improve
the performance of the majority, resulting in a clear benefit for the society
as a whole.
From researches about ants’ neurology done in Boston
university, the researcher James Traniello says: this complicated ants’
behavior is programmed, so each one can first know what it has to do.
The small ant has limited tasks according to its size,
but the youth and strong one are defenders and food processors and accomplish
other difficult tasks. Whereas, the old ant is retired and the others take care
of it!
Franks and Powell did laboratory experiences to show
this behavior.
Franks said, we put inserted wooden planks, drilled
with a variety of different sized holes, into the army ants' trails to see how
their sizes can fit the holes’. Indeed, the ants did well, they chose the
appropriate way to build the bridge.
Dr. Scott Powell says when the ants face holes and
can’t cross; they chose some ants that have the adequate size to fit the hole.
The chosen ant sacrifices itself, endures and builds the living bridge by its
body so that the other ants pass on!
They experience several times before to build the
bridge, they must find the size and the strength that can bear the ants on the
back!
Researchers working on this say the ants sacrifice
small number of ants to build this bridge, but they win a lot when they
guarantee the road to thousands ants. The ants do this social act voluntarily
and with pleasure, each one hastens to try its size whether it is appropriate
to this living surface or not!
This ant bridge building architecture is a very
sophisticated technique and with no expense but little sacrifice and mutual aid.
The scientists wonder the big energy that the ant provides when building the
living surface, they also wonder its endurance and big programmed effort so
they confirm the ant is very intelligent and loves too much the other ants.
Here, I would stop for awhile to recall the greatest
beloved Prophet saying: " None of you will have faith till he wishes for
his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself’’. Look how does the ant apply
the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) word, what about us Believers pretending loving
this compassionate Prophet and applying his instructions?
We always remember in such context the divine proof
that demonstrated that the ants and other creatures are nations as we are.
Allah the almighty says: ‘’And in no way is there a beast (moving) in the earth
nor a bird flying with its two wings except that they are nations like you. In
no way have We neglected anything whatever in the Book; thereafter to their
Lord they will be mustered. ‘’ (Al-Anaam (The Cattle):38).
Remember: "Do not let yourself left by the train"
Prophet of Allah, Shallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam Said: Three hundred fourteen (314) among those who are female, joined the AlMahdi who will act on the leader are doing wrong and uphold justice as hoped for by everyone. After that, there is no longer good on this earth is more than good at the time of AlMahdi. Sabda Nabi Shallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam: Tiga ratus empat belas (314) orang yang diantaranya adalah perempuan, bergabung dengan AlMahdi yang akan bertindak ke atas setiap pemimpin yang berbuat zalim dan menegak-kan keadilan seperti yang diharap-harapkan oleh semua orang. Setelah itu, tidak ada kebaikan lagi dimuka bumi ini yang melebihi pada masa AlMahdi.
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