of an engineer and the intellectual functions of a healthy human being.
Certainly, a bird does not have the reason and the brain to act like an in-
telligent and learned person. There is a Power Who directs and makes the
megapode carry out these tasks, which require intellect. This power is Allah,
Who created everything in the most beautiful way.
As you read this book, you immediately see that these creatures cannot do
all these wonderful things by themselves and you understand that Allah
created all of them. Yet, there are some people who refuse to accept this
fact, which you have understood at once. Allah has informs us of these peo-
ple in the Qur’an. In Surat ar-Ra‘d, Allah states:
Say: "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?’" Say: "Allah." Say:
"So why have you taken protectors apart from Him who possess no power
to help or harm themselves?" Say: "Are the blind and seeing equal? Or are
darkness and light the same? Or have they assigned partners to Allah
Who create as He creates, so that all creating seems the same to them?"
Say: "Allah is the Creator of everything. He is the One, the All-
Conquering." (Surat ar-Ra‘d: 16)
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