Fireflies or lightning bugs make light within their bodies. This process is called bioluminescence and is shared by many other organisms, mostly sea-living or marine organisms. Fireflies light up to attract a mate.

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Einstein once remarked, “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” Human wisdom cannot flourish without proper understanding of both and their interaction.

When humans produce electricity from natural gas it is only 45% efficient and 55% of energy is wasted in heat.  An electric bulb converts only 10% of energy into light and 90% goes to waste.  But the so called accidental creations of nature do far better than the cumulative human efforts of several centuries.  According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, “Firefly light is produced under nervous control within special cells.  …  Firefly light is a cold light with approximately 100 percent of the energy given off as light and only a minute amount of heat. Only light in the visible spectrum is emitted.”  The contrast between what nature has to demonstrate and what mankind has achieved after centuries of research is amazing!  Is it fair to attribute the glory of the nature to blind chance alone?

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“He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.” (Al Quran 59:25)

How can our study and appreciation of beauty in nature help us in our personal life?  In the words of Promised Messiah, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, may blessings of Allah be on him, “Man has, therefore, been reminded that his God is the Lord and Providence of the Universe, so that the horizon of his hopes may be extended and he may believe that God, the Supreme, has immense beneficial powers and that He can bring into being an extensive variety of means for his benefit.”

The Jewish prophets also tried to find the Transcendent God in the beauty of nature.  The Holy Quran says:

“And We (Allah) bestowed on David, Solomon who was an excellent servant. He was always turning to Us. When there were brought before him at eventide steeds of noblest breed and swift of foot. He said, ‘I love the love of horses because they remind me of my Lord.’ So great was his love of them that when they were hidden behind the veil, he said, ‘Bring them back to me.’ Then he began to pass his hand over their legs and their necks.”  (Al Quran 38:31-34)

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