Self-sacrifice is a form of behavior that cannot be explained by the theory of evolution's "struggle for survival" thesis. Evolutionist claims take the position that living things fight to protect themselves and survive. But the fact is that it is inaccurate to say that nature consists solely of warring individuals, since living things display considerable behavior such as mutual cooperation and self-sacrifice. In reply to that, some evolutionists claim that living things sacrifice themselves to ensure the continuity of their offspring, in other words that this represents an advantage to them. This claim contains a number of inconsistencies, however.

For instance, guard bees attack and fight insects such as hornets, which are much larger than themselves, without a moment's hesitation. The claim that bees do so out of a consideration of their own interests and that this represents an advantage to them raises a number of questions. Are bees able to think in terms of defending their colony's young as they engage in such behavior? Can bees possess the concepts of past and future and have concerns and expectations regarding these? What advantage can their deaths bring to worker bees as they defend their hive?

There is of course no question of bees thinking in such terms. Neither have individual bees anything to gain from this. Even if they did, there would still be no point in sacrificing their lives. Guard bees protect their hive solely because that is the task that God entrusted to them.

For a creature devoid of any reason, to establish a plan, act in the light of that plan, display exemplary cooperation and engage in self-sacrifice is behavior that cannot possibly have arisen by chance. This behavior has been taught to them-in other words, it has been inspired by God.

Just like all the other creatures on Earth, the bees that are the subject of this book act according to God's inspiration. All living things in the universe-horses, birds, insects, trees, flowers, leopards and elephants-have bowed their heads to God. Everything they do is by God's inspiration. God reveals His dominion over the living world in Surah Hud:

. . . There is no creature He does not hold by the forelock. My Lord is on a Straight Path. (Surah Hud: 56)

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