feed on the digested foods their
parents provide them.
The most important feature
of parrots is their ability to
imitate sounds. They can
pronounce words they hear
repeatedly. However, they don't
comprehend these words; they
only repeat the sounds they hear.
They can even imitate a doorbell or the
ringing of a telephone. Therefore, if you have a
parrot at home, you may frequently assume that the
doorbell is ringing.
If these bright coloured, talkative animals had not been created, we
could not even imagine that such a creature might exist. That is, we
wouldn't even be able to wish that such a colourful bird, which
imitates the way we talk, existed. We cannot conceive anything that
Allah has not taught us. Allah is the Originator of everything and He
creates everything uniquely. This fact is related in the Qur'an as
follows:
He is Allah – the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of
Form… (Surat al-Hashr: 24)
As is the case with parrots, Allah creates many beautiful things for
us. He shows us His miracles and signs everywhere at every moment.
In return for all these, Allah only wants us to recognise the infinite
beauties in His creation and be grateful to Him – to thank Him– and
to keep ourselves occupied with His remembrance.
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