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THE GRASSHOPPER INVASION By taking 150 km way in a day grasshoppers have a capacity to consume food which could supply 35 thousands of people. In a square kilometre, their number is between 40 and 80 million. And now they are coming towards our country very fast. Is this a new disaster adding up to the other disasters of 2020? The news about “the grasshopper invasion is at the border of Turkey” pushed millions of citizens to search about the invasion of grasshoppers. Lately, Africa and Asia got invaded by grasshoppers. According to the news, The invasion which started in Africa also has reached out to Iran and Iraq, which are the neighbouring countries of Turkey. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations told that the grasshopper invasion could cause a food crisis. The attempts to undertake the grasshopper invasion has been unsuccessful. The United Nations says that the number of the grasshoppers has reached out to 100 millions and their number can be multiplied by 500 in June. This grasshopper invasion is the worst one among the ones happening in Kenya since 70 years and in Somali since the last 25 years. Of course, the only disaster happening nowdays is not the grasshopper invasion. The year of 2020 has been continuing to surprise us each and every day. For instance, because of the Corona virus, the UEFA Champions League and Europe League have been postponed. Cristiano Ronaldo who is one of the best football players of the world has been in quarantine due to the suspicion of Corona. The famous actor Tom Hanks, too, has been in quarantine. La Liga told that all the competitions are postponed until a second decision. MBA is also postponed. Real Madrid has put all of its players in to quarantine. In short, the world says “STOP” to all the crowds and pushes humanity to loneliness. Look how Allah brings the whole world to heel by using a virus which actually has no power (even lifeless) and a grasshopper which has no strength by itself. Allah reminds and shows people how incapable/weak human being is but not aware of this. Üstad Bediüzzaman Said Nursi says in Risale-i Nur that, Bismihi Subhanehu “Through its impotence, weakness, poverty, and need, my life acts as a mirror to the power, strength, wealth, and mercy of the Creator of life.” Allah gives babies whatever they need with their families’ hands because of babies’ weaknesses. Allah sets the Sun up and down, sends the rain down to give the needs of plants which are the weakest creatures. Just like all these, the salvation of us humans will be by understanding our weakness, poverty and need towards Allah. If we don’t understand, Allah warns us in Quran-ı Kerim, “So We sent upon them the flood and locusts (grasshopper) and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.”