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					                                  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

died arts at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University and philosophy at Istanbul University. Since the 1980s,
known as an author who has written very important works disclosing the forgery of evolutionists, the in-
validity of their claims and the dark liaisons between Darwinism and bloody ideologies.
       His pen-name is made up of the names "Harun" (Aaron) and "Yahya" (John), in memory of the two
esteemed prophets who fought against lack of faith. The Prophet's seal on the cover of the author's bo-
oks has a symbolic meaning linked to the their contents. This seal represents the Qur'an as the last Bo-
ok by God and the last word of Him and our Prophet, the last of all the prophets. Under the guidance
of the Qur'an and Sunnah, the author makes it his main goal to disprove each one of the fundamental
tenets of disbelieving ideologies and to say the "last word", so as to completely silence the objections ra-
      All these works by the author centre around one goal: to convey the message of the Qur'an to pe-
ople and thus to encourage them to think about basic faith-related issues, such as the existence of God,
His unity and the hereafter, and to remind them of some important issues.
        Harun Yahya enjoys a wide readership in many countries such as India, America, England, Indo-
nesia, Poland, Bosnia, Spain and Brazil. His books have been translated into many languages, and Eng-
lish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat (Bosnian), Uy-
gur Turkish, and Indonesian versions are available.
the sincere and easy-to-understand style employed give these books a distinct touch which directly stri-
kes any one who reads or examines them. Immune to objections, these works are characterised by the-
ir features of rapid effectiveness, definite results and irrefutability. The explanations provided in the bo-
oks are undeniable, explicit and sincere, and enrich the reader with definitive answers. It is unlikely that
to advocate, this proves to be only a sentimental insistence since these books refute these ideologies
the collection of books written by Harun Yahya.
       There is no doubt that these features result from the wisdom and lucidity endowed them by God.
The author certainly does not feel proud of himself; he merely intends to serve as a means in one's se-
arch for God's right path. Furthermore, the author makes no material gains from his books. Neither the
writer, nor those who are instrumental in publishing and making these books accessible to the reader,
make any material gains. They merely serve to earn the good pleasure of God.
       Meanwhile, it would just be a waste of time and energy to propagate books which create confu-
sion in people's minds, lead people into ideological chaos, and which clearly have no strong and preci-
se effects in removing the doubts in peoples' hearts. It is apparent that it is impossible for books devised
to put the stress on author's literary power rather than the noble goal of saving people from loss of fa-
ith, to have such a great effect. Those who doubt this can readily see that the sole aim of Harun Yah-
ya's books is to overcome disbelief and to disseminate the moral values of the Qur'an. The success, im-
pact and sincerity this service has rendered are manifest in the reader's conviction.
and all the ordeals Muslims undergo is the ideological prevalence of lack of religion. These things can
only come to an end with the ideological defeat of lack of faith and by ensuring that everybody knows
about the wonders of creation and Qur'anic morality, so that people can live by it. Considering the sta-
te of the world today, which forces people into the downward spiral of violence, corruption and conf-
too late.
      It is no exaggeration to say that the Harun Yahya series have assumed this leading role. By the
peace and bliss, justice and happiness promised in the Qur'an.
       The works of the author include The Disasters Darwinism Brought to Humanity, Communism in
Ambush, The Bloody Ideology of Darwinism: Fascism, The 'Secret Hand' in Bosnia, The Holocaust Ho-
ax, Behind the Scenes of Terrorism, Israel's Kurdish Card, A Weapon of Satan: Romantism, Solution:
The Morals of the Qur'an, The Evolution Deceit, Perished Nations, For Men of Understanding, The
Prophet Musa, The Prophet Yusuf, The Golden Age, Allah's Artistry in Colour, Glory is Everywhere, The
Truth of the Life of This World, Knowing the Truth, The Dark Magic of Darwinism, The Religion of Dar-
winism, The Qur'an Leads the Way to Science, The Real Origin of Life, The Consciousness of the Cell,
The Creation of the Universe, Miracles of the Qur'an, The Design in Nature, Self-Sacrifice and Intelli-
gent Behaviour Models in Animals, The End of Darwinism, Deep Thinking, Never Plead Ignorance, A
String of Miracles, The Western World Turns to God.
      Among his children books are Children Darwin Was Lying!, The World of Animals, Honeybees
That Build Perfect Combs, The World of Our Little Friends The Ants.
       The author's other works on Quranic topics include: Devoted to Allah, Abandoning the Society
of Ignorance, Paradise, Knowledge of the Qur'an, Qur'an Index, Emigrating for the Cause of Allah,
The Character of Hypocrites in the Qur'an, The Secrets of the Hypocrite, The Names of Allah, Com-
municating the Message and Disputing in the Qur'an, Answers from the Qur'an, Death Resurrection
Hell, The Struggle of the Messengers, The Avowed Enemy of Man: Satan, Idolatry, The Religion of the
Ignorant, The Arrogance of Satan, Prayer in the Qur'an, The Importance of Conscience in the Qur'an,
The Day of Resurrection, Never Forget, Disregarded Judgements of the Qur'an, Human Characters in
the Society of Ignorance, The Importance of Patience in the Qur'an, General Information from the
of Allah, The Nightmare of Disbelief, Prophet Isa Will Come, Beauties Presented by the Qur'an for Li-
fe, Bouquet of the Beauties of Allah 1-2-3-4, The Iniquity Called "Mockery", The Secret of the Test, The
True Wisdom According to the Qur'an, The Struggle with the Religion of Irreligion, The School of Yu-
suf, The Alliance of the Good, Slanders Spread Against Muslims Throughout History, The Importance
and Vigor in the Qur'an, Seeing Good in Everything, How does the Unwise Interpret the Qur'an?, So-
me Secrets of the Qur'an, The Courage of Believers, Being Hopeful in the Qur'an, Justice and Toleran-
ce in the Qur'an, Basic Tenets of Islam.
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         ou all know about honeybees. Many of you have

Y        probably seen them in cartoons on TV, or even in
         real life, buzzing around. But I bet there are still
many things you do not know about them...
me most was a new friend I made there while we were
will never forget this little friend of mine.
     You are probably wondering who it was, aren't you?
something very strange happened, for the honeybee
started talking to me.

to be friends with you.

    Omar: Really? I am very pleased to hear it!

    The Honeybee: Let me introduce myself. I am a
thousands of my friends.

you and your friends spend your days?

    The Honeybee: We clean our hive, collect food and
warm and guard it...

 All the honeybees in the hive do different jobs. Some
 collect food while others clean the hive or produce

    Omar: Don't you get tired doing all that?

    The Honeybee: No. We worker bees split the
jobs in the hive up amongst ourselves. That is why
we never get tired. For example, these days I am
building combs to store honey...

    Omar: There is one thing I have always
wondered about bees; how are you born?

    The Honeybee: You have probably heard that
there is a queen in every honeybee colony. The
queen bee is the biggest of all the female bees. She
lays eggs at certain times. But we do not hatch from
the eggs straight away. What hatch from these eggs
they remain wrapped in a cocoon. In the meantime,
they are fully fed and then emerge from the cocoon
looking exactly like me.

    Omar: That is amazing! I am still curious about
one more thing though! Being so crowded, isn't there
any disorder in your hive?

    The Honeybee: Never. On the contrary, it's really
well ordered. Thousands of bees live together in
great harmony while we do all our jobs.

    Omar: That is really very interesting! I still can't
understand how you can manage to keep order
although there are so many of you! My dad is the
manager of our building, and he really has a hard time
keeping order there. But you say you have no such

The eggs laid by the queen bee in
the cells first look like the grubs in
the picture below. These larvae
grow over time, develop and take
the shape of a bee. The big picture
below shows the worker bees that
have gathered around the queen.

    The Honeybee: You are right to be surprised. I know
that scientists are amazed by this too, and look for
answers to the questions of how order is kept, how each
honeybee knows what its job is supposed to be, and how
can tell you the answer quite quickly: We all have certain
and try not to disturb the order in the hive.

    While listening to the worker bee in wonder, I heard
time for me to leave.

    Omar: My mom is calling me. I think I have
for everything you told me!

    The Honeybee: I also enjoyed your company.
Maybe, we can meet again! How about meeting here
show you the combs.

    Omar: That would be great! But only if my parents
agree to come here again, of course.


                    feeding one
                    another. (next)
                    Bees fanning the
                    hive with their
                    wings. (below)

     Worker bees feeding the larvae
     in the cells (next). Bees
     surrounding the trunk of a
     tree. (above)

      As soon as I got home, I took out the encyclopaedia
quickly turned the pages and found the section on
honeybees. The first thing that struck my eye was a little
little friend…
things I read that I did not notice how much time had
passed. My mom wondered what I was doing in my room
to tell her all about bees.

    Omar: Mom, did you know that honeybees are really

           read here; you have probably heard that female
           honeybees do the cleaning in the cells. They
           throw out all the particles left behind by the
          bees hatching from their cocoons, bees that have
  died in the hive and many other things that don't belong
  across something too big for them to carry out of the
  prevent it from producing bacteria and harming the
  bacteria growing... Do you know where they find this
  substance, mom? How do these tiny beings know so
  Maybe I can tell you how they make this substance later.
                                                (Left) The worker
                                                bees are
                                                responsible for
                                                carrying out all
                                                sorts of organisms
                                                and dead larvae
                                                that can threaten
                                                the security and
                                                health of the hive.

(Right) Worker bees pushing a
stranger out of the hive.

    Mother: Bees are tiny yet extremely intelligent
intelligence belongs to them. There is a Creator Who
also read a book about honeybees which impressed me
reading. I would love to hear more about honeybees
whenever you want to share what you've learnt with me.

     My mom went out of the room to prepare supper.
That question was still on my mind; where do honeybees
find the material called "propolis" and where do they learn
how to use it? I kept on reading with wonder.
     The book also mentioned how honeybees produce
propolis. They first collect a material called resin from the
sticky buds of some trees with the help of their lower
jaws. They then produce propolis by adding their saliva to
their feet.
     Honeybees wrap up anything they cannot carry out
of the hive in this substance they store in the sacs on
their feet. This way, that material cannot house any
bacteria and becomes harmless. This is an operation
similar to mummifying.

     But who taught honeybees to
 do this? How do they know that a
 dead creature or waste material
 could harm the bees in the hive?
 Even I have only just learned this
 now. This is not something an insect
 could know! I was growing more and
 more curious. Could it be that
 honeybees were as conscious as
 human beings?
     I could not help but
 thought to myself "Now I
 understand that up until now I knew
 nothing about bees!" I still had many
 questions in my mind which I could
 not answer. But I
 was sure that
 sooner or later I
 would find the

Honeybees collecting
  sticky tree buds to
   produce propolis.

    The book also told how bees make honey. I had heard
that honeybees make honey, but I had no idea how they
built the honeycombs. Even the method they use while
building the combs is a great miracle by itself!
    The honeycomb cells are in the form of hexagons, six-
sided figures. Honeybees start building the comb from the
upper side of the hive. Starting from several points, they
build two or three separate rows downward. I was
completely confused; How could a honeycomb be so
regular when it was built beginning from different points?
Moreover, there is no sign of the junction points between
the honeycomb cells.
    I had seen mom knitting many times. She always started
from one point. I wondered how the sweaters would look if
she started from three separate points... Most probably,
they would not look so good! So, honeybees must be
animals which make very fine calculations...
    I took a sheet of paper and a pencil. Starting from
different corners, I started to draw hexagons (six-sided
like rulers and set squares and without making any

   But soon I realised that this was an impossible
operation. So how can honeybees do this? How can they
make hexagonal cells so perfectly?

Omar tries to draw hexagons as neatly as the honeybees. But

No junction points appear on the honeycombs
constructed by honeybees. The honeycomb is a uniform
really amazing because bees start to build the
cells which will form the honeycomb
from different points.

     Another point which drew my attention is that each
bee that later joins the construction of the honeycomb
immediately understands the stage things are at and
takes charge of the job. As bees continue building cells
from different corners, a totally different bee joining the
team starts building from an entirely different angle.
While such a process would normally cause great
disorder, the bees build up a perfect structure.
     I also read the section about bees' technique of
making honey. I was very surprised and excited to read
about this extraordinary process. The book said that the
essence of honey is the nectar that bees collect from
flowers and fruit buds. After collecting this nectar from
flowers, bees turn it into honey.
     There was one more important subject in the book: it
more surprising: to produce 450 grams of pure honey, 17

Bees collect the essence of honey
from flowers and fruit buds.

thousand bees have to visit 10 million flowers. This is
really tough work for them. Despite this, however,
bees work very hard and produce much more honey
than they need. Moreover, they do not use up much
of the honey themselves, but offer it to us, human
     This was so puzzling. With their tiny bodies only a
couple of centimetres long, bees were performing
awesome tasks. What was the source of this
consciousness, skill and power? How did they come
to possess wisdom, consciousness and know so much
about chemistry and mathematics? Why do they work
so hard to produce honey?
everything I had learned, and asked him how bees
could accomplish all these things. Smiling, dad patted
my head and said:
there is perfect order in all animals and what is more,
a verse from the Qur'an about bees to answer your
questions. Listen carefully!"

    Your Lord inspired the bees: Make hives in the
mountains and in the trees and in men's habitations.
    Then feed on all the fruits and walk in the ways of
your Lord. There comes forth from within it a syrup of
many colours, in which there is healing for men; most
(Surat an-Nahl: 68-69)

bees to behave in this amazing way. God is very
compassionate to us and He inspires the bees to
produce honey which contains healing properties for us.
It is very exciting to learn about God's favours.

    Father: If you examine ants or mosquitoes, camels,
the perfection you see in them. All these show that
the artistry of God, Who created you and me and your
mother, honeybees, parrots, rabbits, squirrels, planets,
the space, the sun, in other words everything in the
universe. God is the Lord of everything.

     Everything takes place by His permission and by His
Will. He is the Creator of the honeybees. Everything they
do is with His permission. The wisdom we see in these
animals is a reflection of God's endless wisdom. If you
look at everything around you from this point of view,
you will immediately notice the miracles you are
surrounded by!"
     My father was right. There is no doubt that the
wisdom we observe in everything surrounding us has an
finally found all the answers to the questions that had
been bothering me. Honeybees do not own the wisdom
they display! It is impossible for them to possess such
and thus display a superior wisdom that astonishes us.

            I spent the entire week telling everyone I
the woods again.

   Omar: Daddy, we will go jogging this weekend,
won't we?

this weekend, but if you want, why not?

   I was very pleased and excited to hear this. I was
wondering if I would see the honeybee that had talked to
me again.

         When we arrived at the woods, I was
   even more excited. I could not wait to meet
  the honeybee again. I started jogging with
 my father. Soon we reached the place where I
 had first met the honeybee. I told my father
that I wanted to look around a little bit. He
accepted, but reminded me not to be back
late. I ran quickly to our meeting place. My
 friend was already there waiting for me. It was
  obvious that he had been there for a while.

          Omar: Hello! I am very happy to see
        you again!

honeycomb today.

     Omar: Great! You know what? I spent the whole
week thinking about your amazing honeycombs? I
can't wait to see them!
     From a tree only a few steps away, an incredible
buzzing could be heard. I would never have dared to
honeybee promised that nothing would happen to
me, and I trusted him.
     When we approached the tree trunk, I
remembered that there was great order inside,
despite the buzzing noise I was hearing. Honeybees
are one of the most hard-working animals in the
universe; they work without a moment's rest and
produce the delicious honey that has so many uses
for man. My little friend showed me the honeycomb
cells; they were so regularly made that one could not
help wondering how these tiny creatures could make
such a perfect construction.
     The cells I saw were made up of perfectly neat
week, I had asked my teacher some questions about
hexagons. She had then briefly explained hexagons
     I asked my friend about the guidelines for

constructing a hexagon honeycomb cell. He told me that
the senior honeybee, who was the eldest bee, could give
who answered my question:

     Senior Bee: When we make a hexagonal cell, we pay
special attention to the inside angles of the comb cells. We
be the proper shape and all the honey we store in the
comb will spill out on to the ground.

me to understand, as I am not very familiar with the
subject. How can honeybees make these calculations
without any errors? How can you set each angle exactly at
120 degrees? And then you do not use any tools when
building these combs. That reminds me of all the pages full
of queer geometrical shapes I drew while trying to draw

these things by ourselves! These are innate skills.

not receive any training or anything like that.

    Omar: You show great wisdom! Everyone needs to
things, if you will let me.

    Senior Bee: Sure...

                              While constructing the cells,
                              honeybees calculate the degrees of
                              angles just like expert engineers. At
                              the end, the comb that emerges is a
                              wonder of engineering. There is no
                              doubt that tiny bees cannot make
                              these calculations by themselves. Like
                              all other creatures in the universe,
                              they act upon the inspiration of God.

                Omar: Why do you make your combs in
             a hexagonal shape?

                    Senior Bee: I see. You want to know
             why we don't make them squares, triangles,
the honeycomb in another shape, there would be areas
left unused in between the cells; in this way, we would be
able to store less honey and would have to waste wax to
patch the gaps. Actually, we could also store honey in
squares or triangles but the hexagon is the shape with the
shortest circumference. Despite having the same volume
as other forms, we use less wax to make hexagonal cells
than we would use to make triangles or squares. In other
words, we can store the maximum amount of honey in
hexagonal combs and use the minimum amount of wax.
     I couldn't believe my ears! I was taking engineering
late, so we left the senior honeybee and started to walk
towards my father.

    Omar: I have learned a lot from you and the other
honeybees. Now I realise that before, I was completely
unaware of the beauties which existed before my eyes!
You have taught me that there is perfect order in the

      From now on, I hope
I will be able to notice all
this perfection. Thank
you very much!

    The Honeybee: Not
at all, my little friend...
Never forget that none
of     this   perfection
belongs to us! We only
carry out what we are
taught. Bye bye!

    As     I   left  the
honeybee, I heard my
father calling my name.

                                    Honeybees collecting nectar from
                                    flowers to produce honey.

harmony and symmetry in its wings. I decided to go to
the school library the next day to do research on
    One could never count all the beauties created by

             They said 'Glory be to You!
We have no knowledge except what You have taught us.
               (Surat al-Baqarah: 32)

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