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According to Robert Tilford, "Modern science proves all the details of the story of the ant in Quran 27:18" 1) Ants communicate in a spoken language 2) Ants can question their own knowledge, make independent judgements and assessments of a given situation, assess the threat and act accordingly to mitigate that threat -  all facets of higher metacognition – awareness of one’s own thoughts, actions and consequences. 3) Ants, Tilford argues can also take into account what they have recently experienced in order to modulate their behavior, which is consistent with the narrative of the Quran.

Do ants feel empathy or achieve abstract reasoning? Tilford, would suggest the answer is "yes. 4) Ants will often, as individuals, sacrifice their lives in extraordinarily selfless ways to save the colony, as the story in the Quran also implies.

Note: Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person or entity is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, the capacity to place oneself in another's position.

In the case of the ant in Quran 27:18, the ant 1) perceived the threat posed by Solomon's armies and 2) communicated it effectively to others by way of a warning. This warning communicated the need to "get back into your dwellings." A concrete action! Which implies a understanding of choices and consequences and ethical decision making skills.