بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamualaikum
Ants live in colonies with a perfect division of labor exist
amongst them. When we take a closer look at their systems, we shall also see
that they have pretty interesting social structure. It will also come to our
attention that they are capable of sacrifice at a much higher level than human
are. One of the most interesting points is that, compared to human, they do not
know the concepts such as the rich-poor discrimination and the fight power that
are observed in our societies.
Many scientist 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 Carnegie Institute
at Washington has 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 I studying the roots of animal behavior.” (National
Geographic, vol. 165, no.6, p.775)
Social
System
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 such as 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
ants, Called Formica Yessensis that lives on the Ishikari coast of Hokkaido.
This ant colony lives in 45,000 interconnected nests over an
area of 2.7 square kilometers. The colony, which is composed of approximately
1,080,000 queens 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 vey 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.
Does the
queen give order?
Yet in ant colonies there is no need for police, gendarmerie
or guard. If we consider that actually the duty of the queens, whom we think of
as a leader of the colonies, is just to maintain the species, they do not have
a leader or governor. There is thus no hierarchy based on chain of command amongst
them. Then who is it that lays down this order and maintains its continuity?
The fact that ants can establish such a great and perfect
order is proof that they are acting on the inspiration of certain “supervisor”.
The verse below fully confirms that God is the master and supervisor of
everything and every living creature acts on His inspiration.
“I have put my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is
no living being He does not hold ny the forelock and inspect! My Lord is on a
straight path.” (Surah Hud: 56)
Source: Harun Yahya_Jun 30, 2005_ http://www.harunyahya.com
Wallahua'lam.