very well. When we're swimming we use our front legs. Allah, the
Infinitely Merciful, created our legs in such a way that they can be
used like oars for us to hunt easily, and He gave us webs between
our toes like those on a duck's feet. Also, to make hunting easy,
Allah created us so that we can close our nostrils underwater and
keep our eyes open."
"As you can see, Mansoor," he went on, "Allah has created us
perfectly with systems which allow us to survive under really diffi-
cult conditions. It is not possible for us to have developed these
characteristics gradually or for us to have acquired them acciden-
tally. It is Allah Who taught us how we need to move in water."
"Don't you feel cold at all in the icy water?" asked Mansoor,
shivering a little at the thought.
"Not at all," said the bear rather proudly. "If you humans put
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The Originator of the heav-
ens and earth. When He de-
cides on something, He just
says to it, "Be!" and it is.
(Surat al-Baqara: 117)
