Scientists have discovered recently that the ants are equipped with a strong external skeleton (exoskeleton) to protect and support the ant’s fragile body.  Being inflexible, the ant’s skeleton gets crushed when pressed just as glass does! The recently discovered fact that ants’ bodies can get “crushed” was reported to us in the Holy Quran 14 centuries ago in a wonderful address from one ant to its fellow ants; Allah – The Exalted – says: “Till, when they came on the Valley of Ants, An ant said: "O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it." [Al Naml: 18]. So look how the use of the verb “to crush” has precisely expressed that scientific fact.

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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel

Source:

1.      Ants, www.en.wikipedia.org

2.      http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556353_2/Ant.html