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 step and
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 its service, 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.