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DEVOTION AMONG ANIMALS

tain ways—but who created their programs? What power inspires
the bees to build their combs? The answer is clear and obvious.
Every person who has observed living things can clearly see that
these behaviors neither originate in them nor are the product of suc-

cessive coincidences. It is self-evident that there is an intellect and
power that controls everything in nature and governs these behav-
iors. The owner of this intellect and power is God, the Creator of all
there is.
The theory of evolution cannot even explain how any organism
came into being, much less explain the source of that being's behav-
ior. Therefore, it's of great importance to observe animal behavior,
because doing so quickly reveals that no creature is left to its own
devices. It is God, the Lord of everything on earth, in the heavens
and in between, Who creates every being from nothing, controls it,
guards it, and commands its behavior. As the Qur'an reveals:

[Hud said], "I have put my trust in God, my Lord and your
Lord. There is no creature He does not hold by the forelock.
My Lord is on a Straight Path." (Qur'an, 11: 56)

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