77. Allah's Scientific Miracles In The Quran: Locusts Moving In Swarms

The Qur'an compares people's situation in the Hereafter to swarming locusts. Using micro-cameras, researchers in the twentieth century discovered that locust swarms contain huge numbers of individuals that behave as a single body and can cover 1,200 square kilometres. They deposit their eggs in sandy soils and emerge in large groups. Up to 1,000 egg pods have been found in one square metre. Special units and NASA satellite data are used to identify and study locust swarms over an 18 million square kilometre area. This comparison of the Hereafter to swarms of locusts is a proof that the Qur'an is the revelation of the Omniscient Allah.

Notes:

170. "The Reach of the Desert Locust;" http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Locusts/locusts2.html

171. Frequently Asked Questions, Desert Locust Information Service;

www.fao.org/NEWS/GLOBAL/LOCUSTS/LOCFAQ.htm#q5