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CROW
Then Allah sent a crow which scratched at the earth to show him
how to conceal his brother's corpse. He said, 'Woe is me! Can I not
even be like this crow and conceal my brother's corpse?' And he be-
came one of those who suffer bitter remorse. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 31)

QUAIL
And We shaded you with clouds and sent down manna and quails
to you: 'Eat of the good things We have provided for you.' They did not
wrong Us; rather it was themselves they were wronging. (Surat al-
Baqara, 57)
We divided them up into twelve tribes – communities. We revealed
to Musa, when his people asked him for water: 'Strike the rock with
your staff.' Twelve fountains flowed out from it and all the people
knew their drinking place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent
down manna and quails to them: 'Eat of the good things We have pro-
vided you with.' They did not wrong Us; rather it was themselves they
wronged. (Surat al-A'raf, 160)
Tribe of Israel! We rescued you from your enemy and made an ap-
pointment with you on the right hand side of the Mount and sent
down manna and quails for you. (Surah Ta Ha, 80)

FISH
But when they reached their meeting-place, they forgot their fish
which quickly burrowed its way into the sea. (Surat al-Kahf, 61)
He (Musa's servant) said, 'Do you see what has happened? When we
went to find shelter at the rock, I forgot the fish. No one made me for-
get to remember it except Satan. It found its way into the sea in an
amazing way.' (Surat al-Kahf, 63)
Then the fish devoured him (Yunus) and he was to blame. (Surat as-
Saffat, 142)

LION
Like panicked donkeys fleeing from a lion? (Surat al-Muddaththir,
50-51)