There have been various studies intended to establish how
salmon make this exceptional journey. And it has been concluded that
salmon find their way by use of “smell”.
By means of its ingeniously structured nose, a salmon can follow a scent
in the water to its source, just as a hound does. In fact, every current
has its own distinctive smell. The young salmon records all the smells
during its journey and returns home by recalling these smells.
How does this extraordinary thing happen? How can every salmon find
its way correctly? Why do all salmon try to return to their place of birth,
risking their lives, leaping waterfalls and confronting wild animals?
What is more, they do not do all these things for themselves but simply
in order to deposit their eggs in these waters.
There is only one answer to these questions: Allah, the All-Knowing, cre-
ated the salmon and
the systems that enable
them to find their way.
Like all creatures,
salmon act by the in-
spiration they receive
from Allah and they
manifest the Lord’s ex-
cellent creation.
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